Come check out two amazing electric cars that will be at Maker Faire!, speeding in to the future! Here’s a snippet from the project description by Rich Hilleman and Ian Wright: Electric cars do not have to be heavy, ugly, and slow. The Wrightspeed X1 weighs only 1536 lbs, and has beaten some of the […]
Continue ReadingRotifers are strange little animals that live in pond water. A type of planknton, they munch on algae, clone themselves, and only give birth to females unless they’re stressed. Rotifers make great pets, but you need a powerful microscope to look at them. At the upcoming Maker Faire, Tom Zimmerman will show how to hack […]
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If you like to build things (and what Maker doesn’t?) you can become the Count of Catapults, the Earl of Hurl, or the Baroness of Ballistas. Announcing the King of Fling Catapult Contest. It takes place May 19-20, 2007 at Maker’s Faire at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. We want you to build a real, working […]
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Obeyken shows you how to make Blinkybugs – Blinkybugs are small, eletro-mechanical insects that respond to stimulus such as movement, vibration, and air currents by blinking there LED eyes. They’re incredibly simple, yet have a certain lifelike quality. I’ve been making variations of these for a while now, and showing others how to make them […]
Continue Readingmp4|mov|appletv-hd|3gp|3g2 Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up and feast your eyes on this short video preview of the Second Annual Maker Faire! All the fun, thrills, and excitement is coming on May 19th and May 20th! This video will Show you a but a mere smattering of the makers and projects that will be in […]
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Here’s a fun interactive toy in the Rube Goldberg style. The “coin” is a 10′ human hamster wheel. Participants walk on the wheel. This turns a pulley which turns a large disc from an electrical spool which lifts a see-saw lever which lifts an “arm” which twists a finger into the nose of a 12 […]
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Kathy sent in an overview of one of my favorite projects that will be at Maker Faire, the Neverwas Haul – Neverwas Haul, a self-propelled 3-story Victorian House, made from 75% recycled equipment and materials, is the flagship of our project which also includes a steam-powered car, Kristie’s Flyer. The Haul measures 24 feet long […]
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