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Robot Puppet Party at Maker Faire

Robot Puppet Party at Maker Faire

The Hello World Program would like to invite you to a Robot Puppet Party at the Maker Faire Bay Area next month. Hello World has been running for about a year, building a library of video tutorials on a variety of open source tech topics, narrated by handmade puppets. Guido the Python teaches the Python programming language, of course, while the robot Unique ID discusses robotics, circuitry and the basics of object-oriented programming. Currently under construction is a new fox puppet who will be in charge of HTML tutorials.

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Dale Dougherty to Speak at OuiShare Fest

Dale Dougherty to Speak at OuiShare Fest

Maker Media CEO Dale Daugherty is one of the speakers at the three-day European conference OuiShare, which explores the collaborative economy of openness and sharing. OuiShare, a global community focused on promoting the collaborative economy, today announced OuiShare Fest, the first European event on the collaborative economy, which will take place in Paris from May […]

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Art Hack Day in Brooklyn

Art Hack Day in Brooklyn

I’ve been looking forward to Art Hack Day for many months now, and it’s finally here this weekend in Brooklyn! For the 50+ artist/hacker participants it’s actually a 3-day long “happening” of collective creativity and DIY expression that will culminate at 7pm on Saturday, January 28th, with a public exhibition of all of their fabrications. […]

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Strum Motion Pictures with the VideoBass

Strum Motion Pictures with the VideoBass

Invented by Swiss media artist Michael Egger in collaboration with Maïté Colin, the VideoBass is an instrument that plays moving images instead of sound. The performer uses their left hand on the neck of the instrument to select or scrub through video clips and triggers them in rhythm with their right hand on PlayStation controller knobs. The result is a mix of visuals that stand on their own or compliment music made by traditional instruments. Originally developed in 2003, the first incarnation of the VideoBass has undergone many revisions since.

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Nature Textures Library

As a designer, I have a great love as well as a professional need for visual lexicons. Type faces, illustration, ephemera, old signage — you name it, I collect it. Textures are no different. It’s not infrequent that a texture is needed for a design project, and what better way to amass a royalty-free collection […]

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