There was a disturbing exchange on the HacDC mailing list that I thought I should share here. As one contributor to the conversation characterized it, an editor on Wikipedia seems to be acting as a “one man cleaning service” of content. Among his many suggested deletions on Wikipedia are a number of hackerspaces, including HacDC. […]
Photo by Corine Vermeulen Detroit Mini Assembly Line is “a nomadic production team” based in Detroit, Michigan, led by Nina Bianchi and Corine Vermeulen. We like what these folks are up to and asked them to tell us something about their work. Here’s what Nina had to say. -Gareth The team collaborates with local communities […]
Our pal Deek, from Tiny Yellow House, sent us word of this interview he did with Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. It was actually seeing Jay and his micro-house on the evening news that inspired me to plan a micro-house/shackitecture theme for the site this summer. We’re looking forward to that. Relax Shacks […]
A nice summation of the hackerspace scene courtesy of the folks at Hamilton, Ontario’s think|haus.
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw:
The title of this image by Sisyu Inu is ARDUINO stitch by hand. I’m impressed, but slightly dubious.
The first good pull from Mike Pantrey’s new Formech 300X vacuum former.
The first good pull from Mike Pantrey’s new Formech 300X vacuum former.
Matthew Buckley’s lovely truncated icosahedran Soccer Ball tape sculpture.
Matthew Buckley’s lovely truncated icosahedran Soccer Ball tape sculpture.
Early pactuator prototype from Jonathan Guberman’s mechanical Pac Man.
Early pactuator prototype from Jonathan Guberman’s mechanical Pac Man.
Becky, Matt, and Limor prepping for Make: Live Episode 02.
Becky, Matt, and Limor prepping for Make: Live Episode 02.
This month’s Open MAKE/Young Makers program is Saturday, Feb 19th at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The theme is cardboard. Featured makers will be interviewed by MAKE’s Dale Dougherty in the McBean Theater between 1 and 2pm. This month’s makers are: The Cardboard Institute of Technology has been building a large installation in the Tinkering […]
We are thrilled to the gills to be announcing the official “Call For Makers” for Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. From the announcement, by Faire Director Sherry Huss: We are now accepting entries for the 6th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 and 22, 2011 at the San Mateo Event Center. We look forward […]
