MAKE HQ reports that they had a nice turnout and a fine time this past weekend at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo. Our compadre Kent Barnes took these photos and has more in his photostream. It was a great opportunity to reach out to people who might otherwise not have previous exposure to MAKE. […]
Maker Ken Delahoussaye. (Photo by ROBERTO GONZALEZ, ORLANDO SENTINEL / April 23, 2009) Tech reporter Etan Horowitz wrote a nice piece in today’s Orlando Sentinel about makers in his area of the country. Ken Delahoussaye, a MAKE contributor, is profiled. Here’s a snippet: Some of his other projects include a motion detector that plays a […]
On this day in way back in 1874 Marchese Guglielmo Marconi was born. At the beginning of the 20th century he played a pivotal role in the development of wireless communication. By incorporating and refining preexisting technologies, Marconi’s radiotelegraph sent messages over unprecedented distances. In 1902 his experimental transmissions made it all the way across […]
We are doing a Maker Faire promotional event at the Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo this Sunday, April 26th from 1-4PM. The Hillsdale Mall is bringing in a kid’s Lego Masters group for the event and we’re going to set up a mini Maker Faire, with the LEGOJeep, Blinkybugs, robotic and kinetic art creations, recycled […]
Brady Forrest writes: A katana (commonly called a samurai sword) is a marvel of art and technology. In this week’s Ignite Episode, Jonathan Kahan walks us through its creation and usage. This was filmed at Ignite NYC 3. The katana is made of steel that’s been folded up to 20x which produces hundreds of thousands […]
Come out to central Denver to meet other makers, tour the Club Workshop public machine shop, discuss project ideas, learn and be inspired. I’ll also be giving a talk on some of my projects (electronics, machining, and carbon fiber), with lots of hands-on props to pass around. Link: Denver Maker’s Group Date: Tonight – Thursday, […]
My Dorkbot DC cohort Jon Singer sent me a link to a webpage of a buddy of his, a Croatian laser-hacker, who grew his own KDP (Monopotassium phosphate) crystals for use in a Nd:YAG laser. He had a time getting the crystals to grow, but was able to finally get some suitable growth and to […]
