Fritzing Fab: Turn Your Fritzing Sketches into PCBs
You can now go to fab.fritzing.org and order a PCB directly from your Fritzing sketch. (Just use your Fritzing.org account to log in.)
Announcements
MAKE Volume 28: Toys & Games
MAKE Volume 28 hits makers’ passion for play head-on with a 28-page special section devoted to Toys and Games, including a toy “pop-pop” steamboat made from a mint tin, an R/C helicopter eye-in-the-sky, and a classic video game console. You’ll also build a gravity-powered catapult, a plush toy that interacts with objects around it, and a machine that blows giant soap bubbles. Play time is a hallmark of more intelligent species– so go have some fun!
East Bay Mini Maker Faire, Tomorrow!
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area tomorrow, why not check out the East Bay Mini Make Faire? It promises to be a fun and inspiring event.
Birch Fabrics Giveaway
Birch Fabrics is gearing up for Quilt Market and the debut of their newest line, Circa 52. They’re holding a giveaway for the collection over on their blog right now. Hurry on over!
Make: Live Episode 18: Toys & Games (preview video)
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 18 celebrates the release of the new MAKE magazine v28, all about toys and games you can make yourself.
Makeshift Magazine launches
The editors of Makeshift noticed that production, more than at any point in the last century, is occurring at the grassroots. In different cultures it goes by different names: DIY in the US, jugaad in India, jua kali in East Africa, and gambiarra in Brazil. Makeshift seeks to unify these cultures into a global identity.
Signal to Noise #3 at Museum of the Moving Image
With multiple performances by video hackers LoVid, duels on guitars-turned-game controllers by Modal Kombat, and a handful of other visual delights and audible jams, Signal to Noise is becoming something of a staple for the art-meets-tech community in NYC.
