Nearly 40 years ago, German publishing company Heinz Heise launched a magazine called Elrad โ Magazin fรผr Elektronik that featured cool electronics projects. And while that magazine is no longer in publication, it became the predecessor to c’t โ Magazin fรผr Computertechnik, launched in 1983 and currently the most subscribed-to computer magazine in all of […]
A self-proclaimed inventor of useless things, Niklas Roy has built the largest pinball machine Iโve ever seen. The Galactic Dimension pinball machine is indeed of galactic dimensions, towering at almost 20 feet tall, with a wide berth of almost 10 feet (3mร6m). The colossal game was constructed for the 2015 pinball exhibition at Phรฆno, a […]
The 2nd annual Maker Faire Hannover expanded to two days this year, and attracted 10,000 people last weekend. It was organized by Heise, a Hannover-based technical publisher. Both days were sunny and warm, and there were many engaging maker exhibits inside and outside at the Congress Centrum. Here is a slideshow of my pictures from […]
Maker Faire Hannover expanded to two days this year, returning to the Congress Centrum for a second year. I did five short interviews with makers at the event. Christoph Emonds (@cemonds) from Aachen created the smartphone-controlled High Striker with the Makey Robot on top. Fabian Grupp is a product manager for Fabbster, a German-based 3D […]
Self-taught artist Tine Kindermann creates captivating dioramas and peephole installations based on traditional German folklore from salvaged materials that she finds on the streets of New York City.
Half an hour before the opening of the first Maker Faire in (Hannover) Germany we suspected it would be a success. A long queue of visitors stretched before the door. And the best thing for us was that so many families with children had gathered to admire the projects of the makers, the exhibitions, the performances, and flight shows.
