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The latest episode of MakerBot TV is from this weekend’s Faire. As you might image, the focus in on the amazing 3D Village that we had set up there, and MakerBot’s presence at the event. They cover Spazzi, Keepon, and BreBot, and interview MakerBot/3D printing enthusiasts Tristan Juan, Forest Crossman, Luis Rodriguez, and Timmy Chao Li.
This month, we got a special workshop going on at the labs. Traveling circuit bending rock band, CMKT 4 will be stopping by the labs to host a “Build a Contact Microphone” workshop on Thursday, September 22nd. Contact microphones are awesome for noise making and experimenting. Just check out some cool projects here – Get LoFi. You can record sound traveling through any material (metal, wood, your body…starting to get awesome ideas?).
The 2nd annual Open Hardware Summit opened this morning. Over 350 inventors, kit makers, reprappers, and Open Culture enthusiasts gathered at the New York Hall of Science in Queens to celebrate this emerging phenomenon.
Can’t make it to a Maker Faire? The Maker Shed has you covered with the Maker Faire Underground Sale. We have updated the SALE category with great products at special pricing just for you and we are offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $75 with coupon code MFNY11. Be sure to check the SALE category throughout for special daily deals. Hurry, these specials end on September 21st at Midnight and some products will go out of stock!
If you’re in town for World Maker Faire New York and have a little extra time to make your way to the Museum of Modern Art, I recommend checking out their Talk to Me exhibition, which features many of the projects we’ve posted about on this blog such as Boticalls and Cubelets.
Maker Faire Africa is coming up next month, in Cairo, Egypt. It promises to be a three-day mashup of Africa’s most imaginative makers. And, at least two Americans will be joining them.
