Next Tuesday there will be two events at ASU which should be interesting to us maker-folks. One is the exhibition from the Vizproto class, which is about 3D visualization and rapid prototyping in an arts context. Projects range from robot chassis to RFID tags embedded in acorns (above photo) and used in interactive installations to […]
MAKE is @ BENT NYC 2008, if you’re in the NYC area pop by 87 Lafayette! We have a lot of MAKE stuff here at a discount AND there are a TON of great musical acts all weekend! Concert 1 – Thu, Apr 24, 6:00 PM 6:30 Dr. Bleep (Austin) 7:00 Furby Youth Choir (Austin) […]
Wow, lots of Maker-type events going on in the NY tri-state metro area, Marco writes in… Miwa Koizumi and Marco Scoffier have been invited by Socrates Sculpture Park to help organize a day of making kites from scratch using recycled shopping bags. We would love to get a lot of makers out to riff on […]
The Trenton Computer Festival is this weekend! The Trenton Computer Fest is one of the oldest computer festivals in the country, and this year boasts robot events, electronic music events, and as usual, the most wonderful flea market for electronics and computer goodies. (Warning, the site screams at you).
This Saturday is the Phoenix Indie Craftorama, an art fair of indie craft collectives from all around the area including The Phoenix Fridas, Phoenix Craft Mafia, Las Bandidas del Arte, the AZ Crafty Burritos, The Purdy Girls, Calaca Art Collective, and the Conspire co-op. I’ll be there running a table for Craft with magazines, box […]
If you’re near Santa Barbara this afternoon, don’t miss Garth Johnson’s artist lecture at Santa Barbara City College! I’ll be talking about my own work, Extreme Craft and the joys of paintball painting. For more from Garth, visit Extreme Craft–or come see Garth’s presentation at Maker Faire!
MAKE attended last week’s NYC XO laptop meetup, and we took apart a DOA XO that the folks at OLPC were kind enough to send our way. We dove right in without RTFMing, and it wasn’t all that hard to figure out. If you decide to take one apart, you might want to check out […]
