QC Co-Lab’s LED Matrix
Quad Cities Co-Lab used GE Color Effects Christmas lights and an Arduino to build their matrix. Also check out this build video.
Makerspaces
Hackerspace Happenings: Red Bull Creation Challenge Concludes
Red Bull Creation Challenge Ends Red Bull Creation was a cool hacker challenge where hackerspace members and small independent teams competed to build a vehicle that could move 100 pounds from point A to point B, with no fossil fuels permitted. The winners of the competition, 1.21 Jigawatts of Minneapolis, Minn. (represent!) created what was […]
Store Front Music: The DIY Edition
One of my favorite projects of Maker Faire this May was Store Front Music, a wonderful interactive installation that L.A. hackerspace CRASH Space created for the Take On The Machine challenge of 2010 (watch these vidoes for more information: part one and part two). Store Front Music consists of solenoids triggered by ultrasonic sensors, allowing […]
Madagascar-Style Mechanical Bulls In Progress
While the hardworking teams in Red Bull Creation build against the clock in north Brooklyn, across town Madagascar Institute is working on a special project for the event all their own– a carnival ride duo of mechanical bulls.
Red Bull Creation Kickoff
A few of us from MAKE stopped by the build site for the Red Bull Creation event where teams have just 72 hours to kludge together something capable of transporting a human some distance. I just joined the judging panel and it’s exciting to see the teams’ ideas brewing now that the communal junkyard is […]
What Does it Mean to be a Woman Hackerspace Member?
I wasn’t sure what the answer to that question might be, so I interviewed seven female hackerspace members (actually, one is an ex-member) to get their take on what it’s like. Leave a comment with your (constructive) thoughts!
Red Bull Creation Coming to Brooklyn
Red Bull Creation, a collaborative hacking competition, will be taking place in Brooklyn on July 10th, McCarren Park. Sixteen teams will be given 72 hours to create something amazing, based on a “create the future” theme they’ll be given. A Red Bull Creation Laboratory, a tricked-out hackerspace Red Bull set up, will be at the groups’ disposal.
