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Making Austin Weird: CNC Times 3(+)

Making Austin Weird: CNC Times 3(+)

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! At least 3 different CNC projects worth seeing at Maker Faire in 10 days: 1. Nublabs’ fab lab: nublabs is a smart-up in Boston who is […]

Making Austin Weird: DIY Shrinky Dinks

Making Austin Weird: DIY Shrinky Dinks

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Reducing waste + getting a cool building material = DIY Shrinky Dinks. Hundreds of other projects of this quality + 10/18 to 10/19 in Austin makes […]

Making Austin Weird: Blacksmithing!

Making Austin Weird: Blacksmithing!

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Blacksmithing isn’t just a scene in medieval movies: check out the Austin Metal Authority area at Maker Faire for “a live demo of blacksmithing techniques, including […]

Making Austin Weird: LED Bling

Making Austin Weird: LED Bling

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! You know you’ve got a geektastic event when even the fashion accessories start sporting LEDs. From Jared’s project page at Inventgeek: With the maker faire this […]

Making Austin Weird: LASA Robotics

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Austin’s high-schoolers will be bringing some world-quality robotics to Maker Faire Austin: Here’s a video of one of their creations in action: I’ll see you (and […]

Making Austin Weird: Banana-Rator

Making Austin Weird: Banana-Rator

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! John Lien describes his banana device as: The banana-rator is a “refrigerator” for bananas. Instead of removing heat, it removes the ethylene gas given off by […]