This Sunday, September 28th (10am – 5pm), the 5th annual Crafty Bastards! Arts & Crafts Fair will take place at the Marie Reed Learning Center, in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. This is an awesome event, put on by the venerable Washington City Paper. Our very own CRAFT is a sponsor this year. […]
A bit of a follow up, we went through the archives and found some of Mark Hoekstra’s projects from EuroOSCON’s Make Fest along with a couple other photos… Here they are in his own words… iPod charger for your bicycle. Use a bicycle to pedal your way to a fully charged iPod. Submergible webcam. A […]
Rutger sent word that our friend Mark Hoekstra of Geektechniques has passed away… He writes Mark Hoekstra of Geektechnique fame has passed away this morning. He suffered from a severe heart attack last wednesday while on his bike. He has been in the hospital in a coma since then. Friday night he was pronounced braindead. […]
MAKE is participating in a campaign with DELL called Digital Nomads, it’s actually a site with a ton of folks from different sites contributing stories, tips, how-tos and more for people always “on the go” as they say. One of my latest post is called “Parasitic Power” some useful tips on keeping your gadgets charged […]
Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters will be doing 2 shows in Seattle on October 4th. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage take you on a behind-the-scenes look at the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters with a hilarious and entertaining Inside The Scientist’s Studio style presentation. They will bring stories of myths gone wrong and outtakes of segments never […]
This is your chance to help the world, and maybe even win $100k in The Buckminster Fuller challenge. Buckminster Fuller’s prolific life of exploration, discovery, invention and teaching was driven by his intention “to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage […]
American Maker is this Saturday [September 20th, 2008] at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. We have a great schedule of Makers on the web site, including links to all the projects that will be on display. If you are in the Chicago area you really shouldn’t miss this event, there is going […]
