New York City

5th Ave Frogger Uses Real Cars, Spares Frogs

In honor of the classic video game Frogger on its 30th birthday, my friend Tyler DeAngelo conceived a version of the game that uses a webcam to track the live position of actual cars on Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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Instrumenting a 28-story NYC Apartment Building with Sensors

Instrumenting a 28-story NYC Apartment Building with Sensors

The students in our NYU ITP Sensitive Buildings class presented terrific final projects last Tuesday. They spent their Fall making the most of a unique opportunity to invent prototypes for large-scale sensor/device networks, then tested out their creations in a landmark 28-story apartment building on New York’s Columbus Circle. The property owners had invited ITP to develop a variety of prototypes to enhance the livability, ecology and community of their building. Here’s what the students delivered in their first round

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Open Call for World Maker Faire- The Final Countdown

It’s your last chance to submit projects for review to participate in the 1st annual World Maker Faire in NYC next month at the New York Hall of Science. The deadline is this weekend, Sunday August 15th! We already have several hundred projects but there’s always room for more Maker booths! Do you DIY? Then […]

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NYC Event: Holiday Hackshop

The Bright bike I posted about yesterday is just one of a plethora of Make-tastic projects Eyebeam has at their party next week: Eyebeam’s beloved, annual Holiday Hackshop! Sat., Dec. 13, 1PM – 5PM workshops | 6PM: Holiday party (think spiked eggnog, cider and holiday treats!) LOCATION: 540 W. 21st St., NYC COST: Free to […]

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Dorkbot NYC: the 110208th dorkbot-nyc meeting

Dorkbot NYC: the 110208th dorkbot-nyc meeting

The 110208th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at Location One in SoHo. The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to share. We’re always looking for (and playing) more dorkbot theme songs! Bring or email one and we’ll play it at the meeting. +++++++ […]

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