Crafty Events

Survival Research Labs at Fringe Exhibitions, LA…

New SLR! Saturday, January 21, from 6 – 8 PM in LA. “This exhibition will feature the newest addition to the SRL machine family- the Sneaky Soldiers- near life sized, remote controlled army of revolutionaries. Also included in the exhibition will be large-scale documentary images, and the premier of the video from SRL’s recent show in Downtown Los Angeles. This video features the first invasion of the Sneaky Soldiers. The SRL commentary on the art of war debued a Sneaky Soldier emerging from an 18-foot tall wooden Trojan horse to face danger from large-scale destructive robots enduring the pain of flame and damage through a hail of sparks and projectiles.” [via] Link.

Continue Reading January 11th, 2006 Phillip Torrone

HOW TO – Make a DIY Line Following Robot

Greg writes “Here is a line following robot that will follow a line, and at the end will stop for three seconds. After pausing for three seconds it will retrace its steps and drive in reverse. It is made with a sensing circuit, and H-bridge motorcontroller, and a microcontroller.” Link.

Continue Reading January 3rd, 2006 Phillip Torrone

DIY RFID Implant

Electric clothing writes “At the next Dorkbot meeting in NYC (Wednesday, January 4th @ 7pm) Mikey Sklar will be explaining the process he used to install a $2 RFID tag in his left hand. His talk will cover why he choose to do this, the necessary materials, different tag options, and what he and other people have been doing with these tags.” Link. See our interview with a RFID implanter as well.

Continue Reading December 29th, 2005 Phillip Torrone4

Art vs. Craft 2005

The Third annual Art vs. Craft Fair is here tonight and Saturday in Milwaukee, WI. Art vs. Craft is an indoor market for artists, crafters and designers of all types to set up shop and sell their creations. Check it out and report back to us with photos if you happen to attend! Link.

Continue Reading November 18th, 2005 Nataliezdrieu3

Ig Nobels awards

The annual Ig Nobels were awarded last week, and amongst then, some very funny winners a familiar one won! Economics — Gauri Nanda of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for inventing an alarm clock that runs away and hides (featured in MAKE volume 03). Link.

Continue Reading October 11th, 2005 Phillip Torrone

EuroOSCON: Maker Faire Update

If you’re in Europe Oct 17-20 join us at the MAKE Faire At Euro OSCON! Phil Torrone: computer, portable device, and gadget hacking. Beth Goza: digital crafting in the virtual world. Nick and Dom Ludlam: open source promise.tv and digital TV hacking. Fabienne Serriere: electronics and computer hacks. Ewan Spence: podcasting projects. Ulrika Ek: crafting, linen, and silk screening. Fernando Botelho: open source computer for the blind. Bert Thomas: electronic gadget hacking. Melissa Coleman and Nadya Peek: spatial awareness with tactile feedback. Usman Haque and Adam Somlai-Fischer: low-tech sensors and actuators. Roger Ibars: self-made objects. Mark Hoekstra: master the stuff around you. Jo Walsh and Schuyler Erle: cutting-edge OS GIS and open geodata work. Link. Use this code (euos05makr) to get 25% off the conference.

Continue Reading September 30th, 2005 Phillip Torrone

Doing things with Flickr….

Here’s a great collection of tools, projects and Flickr toys via the Flickr blog – the latest one really looks fun. Mediamatic held another in their series of Flickr event in Amsterdam on September 19th. Called Playing Flickr v2.0, the event was held in the city’s Post CS building and involved attendees SMSing tags to a server which then displayed photos matching those tags on a series of giant screens. Flickr user slabbers grabbed the shot at right of one of his own photos appearing on screen. Link.