Lovely MakerBot T-shirts
I love these hand-screened MakerBot T’s, done by 1AEON. Want. MakerBot 1AEON T-Shirt
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Best and the worst tech of the decade
James Turner has a piece on O’Reilly Radar outlining his choices for the best and worst tech of the unnamed decade we just barreled through. Open source and maker culture get big +1 shout outs. Seems like the worst list could be miles longer. And no Google in the best list? Wikipedia and crowdsourcing? What […]
Impressive WH40K LARP prop set
The idea of “live-action” Warhammer 40K is, itself, so ambitious that somebody needs to give this guy and his buddies a medal just for trying. Check out Flickr user Lt.E.Watt’s photostream to see some more of the amazing props he/they have built to run their games. Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! Spleens for the spleen pond! [via Propnomicon]
Full video of William Kamkwamba speaking at MIT
A few months ago, William Kamkwamba spoke at MIT as he wrapped up a speaking tour of the US with coauthor Bryan Mealer. This video is the whole evening’s presentation, and includes the introductions and question/answer session afterward. William starts at around 11 minutes.
The talk was sponsored by MIT’s Technology and Culture series and he was introduced by Amy Smith of D-Lab. There is a brief segment in the evening on Moving Windmills, a documentary film about William and his story.
Twin Cities Maker finds a Hack Factory
Two hacker collectives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have joined forces to lease space for a shared workshop. For the past year, Twin Cities Maker have been meeting at coffee shops and members’ homes, slowly gathering funds and members in order to realize their shared dream: to create a hackerspace where members can congregate, work, […]
Gizmodo’s “Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009”
Gizmodo has a piece (syndicated from Lifehacker) on favorite DIY projects from 2009, with the ability for users to vote on their favorites. Not surprisingly, MAKE is heavily represented. Here are three of our projects that they include. Vote for YOUR faves. Build Your Own DTV Antenna Jimmies Uglified Camera Ask MAKE: Surplus TVs from […]
Life-size Operation game tournament
On Saturday, December 19, The Franklin Institute and Body World 2 will be hosting an Operation® game tournament. Body World 2 teamed up with our pals at MakePhilly and Hive76 to create a life-size ‘Ben Franklin’ version of Hasbro’s popular game Operation. Quoth the PR: Competitors will play on regulation-size Operation boards during the preliminary […]