On Saturday, I was on a panel at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Mountain View. The program’s theme was “The Impact of Information Technology on Society” and I was on a panel on “Creative Arts and the Democratization of Craft”. The chair of the panel was Pat Hanrahan, Professor […]
Brief, but interesting article about the rapid prototyping technology used in the new stop-motion feature film Coraline. The Objet RP Polyjet technology uses photopolymer resin that is housed in cartridges and sprayed down in extremely thin 16 micron layers, four times thinner than the average human hair. As it’s sprayed down in liquid form, UV […]
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
Two members of our MAKE family, our indexer and blog contributor Patti Schiendelman, and Eccentric Cubicle author Kaden Harris, have launched a new blog The Genteel Recessionista: Practical Lore for Modest Times. Congrats, guys! Looking forward to seeing what your victory garden grows. Here’s the first post, from Kaden, to give you some idea of […]
Max Wallack is a kid who thinks big. When he saw the Trash to Treasure design contest at By Kids For Kids, he knew he could come up with an idea. Since he was really young, he’s been active in designing and developing solutions. “If you have the ability to help people, then you have […]
On the site “Dave Makes,” Dave Jacob Hoffman unveils his new video series HELLO, profiling interesting people. In his first episode, he interviews Eric Michaud, President of Pumping Station: One, a new Chicago hackerspace. Eric was also one of the co-founders of my local hackerspace HacDC. HELLO Pumping Station: One
O’Reilly Media has just launched the Ignite Show, a weekly five-minute video program showcasing the best of geek culture as presented at Ignite sessions from around the world. The format is half the fun with Ignite–speakers are allowed 20 slides that auto-forward every 15 seconds, whether they’re ready or not. Organized by volunteers in the […]
