Each Tuesday we have “The Maker File” – an interview with an interesting Maker and what they do, this week’s is an interview with Tim Black from the Mad Scientists collective by MAKE & CRAFT publisher, Dale Dougherty. The Mad Scientists are a group of Silicon Valley techies who engage in art projects at Burning […]
Here are a couple places I’d consider stops on a Maker-vacation… The first is the Gujarat Province on the Gulf of Cambay, India – this is where cruise ships go after they outlive their usefulness… [via] – Link & Google map. Next up, The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center – Link & Google Map. Got […]
Ok, this one goes perfectly with all the weird Halloween cakes and edible scary stuff… Body parts made from bread – “Along with edible human heads crafted from dough, chocolate, raisins and cashews, Kittiwat makes human arms, feet, and chicken and pig parts. He uses anatomy books and his vivid memories of visiting a forensics […]
Mr. Ma makes these little miniature working bicycles from copper wire and sold them on the streets of Shanghai for over 20 years, this store now sells them and has also has an interview… – “Seventy-four-year-old former electrician Mr. Ma began creating intricate model bicycles out of copper wire after he retired nearly two decades […]
PanEuropean @ the VWvortex Forums has an *incredible* tour of the VW factory in Dresden, Germany. He writes – “I have visited the Phaeton assembly plant in Dresden several times, and thoroughly enjoyed each visit. The building and grounds are beautiful, and the whole process of both making and selling Phaetons is totally different than […]
Here’s a more Victorian era version of the Ambient Orb, this device hooks up to your PC and will display all sorts of things from CPU usage to stock prices – “The Device Patented Process Indicating Apparatus features two analog dials, a test tube that glows from dim to bright, and a red incandescent lamp. […]
A human being may strap this to themselves very soon, ing.petz writes – “Andreas is designing and building a turbine-powered personal flying suit. In principle this is going to be similar to the well-known “Bell Rocket Belt”, the difference is the power plant and controlling of the unit. While the “Rocket Belt”, originating form the […]
