Since the Makers Market beta closed, a group of self-described “MM Refugees” has set up an Etsy treasury to promote their “wonderful science, tech and artistic creations.” I’m very pleased to see this; some of my personal favorites are included. They’ve also got a Facebook group. [Thanks, Michelle!]
Here are some fun highlights from the latest Make: Tokyo meeting, featuring our very own Matt Mets and Mitch Altman. Also check out this second article on Tokyo Tek with some project videos from the fair. Make: Tokyo 06 Hightlights
The other day, I bumped into these interesting (but sold out) “trading cards” from mysterious and delightful Imaginary Foundation. I immediately did a web search and found a remaining set ($18) at an e-tailer (they only had one deck left). They came today, and they’re really nice. It’s a shame they aren’t selling them anymore. […]
An experience at a university residency that reminds us all of the “joy of making”
The user can play musical tunes simply by touching a row of spoons sitting on a table, with a fork added in for good measure. A microcontroller is used to detect changes in capacitance caused by a finger pressing against the metal, which are then sent to a computer using the MIDI protocol.
Rodney Brooks (born December 30, 1954, in Adelaide, Australia) has had an impact on robotics and AI matched by few. And there is probably no one who’s had a bigger impact on viable commercial robotics. In the 1970s, when everybody else was obsessed with complex AI-driven, map-building robots, Brooks shocked the AI community by creating […]
Stewart Brand changed my life. Several times. When I was 16 years old, I got a copy of the Whole Earth Catalog and I was never the same. Through it, I discovered Buckminster Fuller, Gregory Bateson, whole systems thinking, nomadics, and the general, revolutionary notion (now commonplace in our wired info-age) that an individual could […]
