Here’s the newest news from F.A.T.; a Tokyo division has been established! We F.A.T. freaks in Tokyo got together to hack Japan with “Free Art & Technology!” At tokyo.fffff.at, we will be showing Japanese translation of F.A.T. posts, reporting of F.A.T. related applications, and our own reports of free-art development. Check out the members of […]
On O’Reilly Radar, Joshua-Michele Ross has an interview with the always-original and thought-provoking Kevin Kelly. The discussion covers various topics related to biology, technology, and net-connected culture. As Josh says: This last section (at 7mins 30 secs) is the deepest and most provocative. Kevin assumes the point of view of technology to assess its needs […]
Apparently this website documents the building of Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine. Unfortunately, this one is not destined for flight, but rather to be hung in the Weber Public Library in Ogden, Utah. [Thanks Andy!] More about Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine In the Maker Shed: Pick up The Maker’s Notebook ($19.99) for all […]
Tim is a high school senior doing an independent study. An important part of his work is to learn and document his process with the Shopbot. In order to improve on this first design I modified the top to be 14 inches in diameter as opposed to the original 16 inch diameter, which some people […]
Photography courtesy of Terry A. Perdue – The Soul of an old heathkit by Dale Dougherty. Howard Nurse built hundreds of Heathkits, starting in the 1950s with a ham radio transmitter kit, the DX-40. As a kid, he loved to go to sleep reading the catalog, which was a window into the world of electronics […]
Mister Jalopy hipped us to these amazing handmade radios from Tom Kipgen. The triangular wonder above is called Radio Moscow (’cause the finned brass plate cap Tom fabbed reminded him of Russian onion domes). As Mister J points out, for something this beautifully crafted, the asking price is a song. Wander the site for other […]
Raelinda Woad is a storyteller and jewelry maker. She began in jewelry in the 1980’s working her way up from bead sorter to jewelry maker’s assistant. On New Years Eve of 1989 Raelinda had a chocolate induced vision: Become a storyteller! Two years later she was sharing her ‘true stories that haven’t quite happened yet’ […]
