Ignite talk on “Adapting with Technology”
Mark Argo give a terrific little five-minute talk on the history of DIY gadgetry and what we can learn from past as we try to forge a more personalized, DIY future. Ignite
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End of Summer BBQ Potluck for Portland Makers
If you’re an Oregono or otherwise planning to be in Portland environs on September 26th, you should consider stopping by the Portland TechShop at 3:00PM to participate in their shendig. Bring a dish and a project for show-and-tell. There’ll be an egg-drop and prizes. Sponsored by MAKE:PDX.
Maker Birthdays: H.G. Wells
Happy birthday to H.G. Wells, born September 21, 1866. It would be hard to quantify the impact that ol’ Herbert George had on science fiction, science and technology, and even politics and culture. As with many sci-fi writers, I’m certain that countless scientists and engineers decided to go into their field inspired by his fantastic […]
Forkless bike from Finland
Olli Erkkilรยค created this custom concept bike as his graduation project from the Institute of Design in Lahti. [via Core77]
Bre Pettis on Makerbot at Gnomedex 9
Here’s our pal Bre Pettis’ Gnomedex presentation on Makerbot, what it is, how it came about, and his thoughts on bringing your ideas to market, collaborating, open sourcing, etc. Gnomedex
Reminder: Use the MAKE Events Calendar!
This is just a friendly reminder to use the MAKE Events Calendar to post notices of your upcoming regular or one-time events and meetings. We’re getting too many events submitted each week to post them all here, so we’re hoping to get people in the habit of posting to the calendar and then, each week, […]
Lee Felsenstein on voltage dividers
We recently covered voltage dividers in our Ask MAKE column. In the above two videos, done by our pal Jeri Ellsworth, computer industry legend Lee Felsenstein (member of the Home Brew Computer Club and Osborne designer) explains voltage dividers and how to calculate them. Things get pretty thick by part II and I pretty much […]
