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Be bold. Make something this summer. Come to ITP and learn to use the latest tools. For 30 years ITP has been a hub of experimentation in art, media and technology. For the first time this June we are inviting non-students, working professionals from the New York City area, to come to ITP on weekends and evenings to make stuff, hear speakers on the cutting edge, collaborate with people from diverse disciplines.
After class, how do you blow off some steam, sparks, swarf? Over at MIT, they have MITers, a great on-campus hackerspace where students gather to build amazing creations. You can check out some of the more portable physical imaginings at the Cambridge Mini Maker Faire this Saturday, April 24 from noon to 4pm.
As we were preparing for the Cambridge Mini Maker Faire, I asked people to chime in with what projects they expected to bring. Here is a brief listing of some of the MITers projects you can expect to see.
Last weekend I took a visit to the MIT Media Lab, easily one of my top five favorite places ever. I got to hang with the folks in the high-low tech group, who are working on some very “geek chic” projects. One of them is the TearDrop kit: TearDrop is a kit that allows people […]
This Saturday, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, we’ll have our fourth Open MAKE session beginning at 11 am in the McBean Theater followed by ongoing activities in the Tinkering Studio from 12:30 to 3pm. Our theme is Motion and Mechanisms, which allows us to explore the world of toys and toymakers. We’ll also get […]
And you thought stamp collecting was geeky! I love this idea. These are cheap coin-collecting albums. What a fabulous teaching aid and way of organizing components so that students of electronics can see the parts families, different varieties of components, different package types, etc. The background labels are even color-coded so that component types are […]
Make your own fire starter that uses compressed air and burns at 500 degrees!
This unique flashing Robot will not only help you learn good soldering techniques but will also be the center of attention wherever it is placed! The eyes, center LED and both hand LEDs flash brightly for weeks continuously or for months when you turn it off at the end of the day.
