If you’re in Seattle go see our pals Bruce and Alex as they kick off the new book Worldchanging – “How do we build a sustainable, prosperous, dynamic future? Two of the world’s leading green futurists, science fiction writer, futurist, and design guru Bruce Sterling and Worldchanging.com editor Alex Steffen will debate pathways to a […]
William S. Higgins has kindly allowed MAKE to repost some of his photos and text from the Rocketbelt Convention held at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, NY last weekend, it looks like it was spectacular! I had a grand time at the Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls, NY last weekend. I’ve posted some […]
We did a quick expo-hall dash at the Linux World Expo – today was the last day, so the expo hall was for the most part dead, the last day after 1pm at any conference that has an expo hall usually is. We were greeted with this puzzling sign, no one under 18 allowed – […]
If you’re in the Bay area (CA, USA) – the kinetic installations by Kal Spelletich go on display this week… @ the LAB…The LAB is pleased to present kinetic installations by Kal Spelletich, a Bay Area-based machine artist and founder of the interactive performance collective SEEMEN. Spelletich’s work compels audience members to fuse themselves with […]
Reminder – today is the last day to get something for Dad! Read on for a special link to get MAKE for 50% off the cover price (USD). You waited until the last minute and didn’t get dear old Dad anything huh? Well, don’t fret we’ve put together a few gift ideas you can get/MAKE […]
Here are some photos and articles (so far) about Saturday’s “Mixed Reality” event. The low cost VR system(s) I built were there, used and demoed a lot. I’m pretty sure this was the first time a real world location was reproduced completely and then explored in the virtual world and the real world at the […]
As fashion week is underway in NY, a new generation of fashion technologists emerged last week at the “Seamless: Computational Couture” fashion show in Boston. The show featured the works by the students of MIT, RISD, Parsons, and NYU. Where else can you find a scarf that hugs you back (taptap), a space dress, and the blogger hoodie? I got a chance to talk to the show’s producers for an exclusive recap of the event and their take on technology’s future in fashion.
