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Vote for my boot!
Keeping with the CRAFT shoe theme -- Dr Martin's has a "design your own boot" contest, so I made a boot I always wanted, one with a circuit board on it, specifically one with the Wave Bubble open source RF jammer - vote it up if you'd like to see this become a real boot one day!
Posted by Phillip Torrone | 2:39 PM in Crafts, Online | | Discuss (0)
Botanical communications kit
You've read about it - now you too can follow your own pet vegetation on twitter! - The Botanicalls Twitter kit includes all the hardware you need to create a networked communication system for your plant. A moisture sensor...
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Build Your Own Roller Skates - CRAFT Video Podcast
This week's CRAFT Video Podcast comes courtesy of the fine folks at Skates.com where Luanne Teoh and Richard Humphrey show us how to build a pair of roller skates as featured in our current issue of CRAFT: 07! Download...
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Tetris theme on bottles
This trio performs the Tetris theme on bottles of various sizes and water levels. They give you some clues to how they made it, one being the clicking metronome in the background and sped up effect; they must have...
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Steampunk Maker Faire wrap-up
The steam mechanics, oilpunks, contraptors, neo-Victorians cosplayers, retro-futurists, post-apocalyptic Playa pirates, New Dandies, and electric cowboys were all out in force at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire. There was the Victorian castle on wheels, the steam-powered runabout, the...
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DIY business @ Maker Faire
Forbes talked to some Makers about their businesses, good stuff. Do-It-Yourself Success - "Why sell your idea when you can profit from it on your own?"...
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Waste Paper Furniture
Designer Jens Praet makes furniture from shredded paper. He compressed it with resin into a mold, and out comes a new piece of furniture. I'm not sure how eco-friendly that resin is, or how much paper it uses (I'm...
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Combat robots, warring battleships @ Maker Faire
Combat robots, warring battleships @ Maker Faire with Boing Boing TV. Boing Boing tv's embedded robo-combat reporter Xeni Jardin witnesses warfare inside Robogames and Combots at Bay Area Maker Faire 2008, where robots battle until death -- or at...
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The Best of Maker Faire 2008
Check out all the fun and excitement at this year's Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. People from all over the world came to experience this amazing event. Take a look at some of the highlights and make plans...
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Maker Faire video from Oddistry
Maker Faire video from Oddistry!...
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The Radiophonic Workshop
In 1958 the BBC established the Radiophonic Workshop to explore and produce innovative sounds for radio programming. The group's unconventional approach to sound synthesis and arrangement poised them at the forefront of music technology - making them the envy...
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Portable wireless backpack takes pictues and keeps you stylish
The PORTA2030 from 2006 is a mobile data sensing storage transmission unit that consists of a wireless hard drive (the WL-HDD2.5), a 1 GB flashcard and an open source backend. The device functions as a portable data sensing storage...
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Sequencer made of pipes seems more authentic
This Sequential Resonation Machine by Joseph Casbarian routs any amplified sound source through a twelve position switch positioned at the top of the device. Each of the 12 valves contain a speaker, turning this steampunk looking device into a...
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Maker Faire video
Curious inventor sent in their video from Maker Faire - It includes the destruction of Pleo (cute robot dinosaur) in the battle bot arena, powered recliners wheeling around (and cupcakes), cement and candy 3d printers, a dirt cheap multi-touch...
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//Mukana - mobile system for visually impaired
/MUKANA (the Finnish for aboard, along, in, on, part, with and within) is a piece of cutting-edge smart clothing for the visually impaired. It connects technology with textiles and thus promotes new approaches to dressing up. Users were given...
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David Bowen: Growth Rendering Device
This is an amazing robot created by David Bowen. Here is how he explains his Growth Rendering Device: This system provides light and food in the form of hydroponic solution for the plant. The plant reacts to the device...
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Guy Marsden: Electronic Artwork
Guy worked on these pieces from 1986 - 2006. Over the course of 20 years he has moved from finding his parts at local shops, to scouring the Internet for interesting pieces. These are some of the most amazing...
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Maker Faire photos
atomicthumbs' Maker Faire '08 photo set - over 170 photos and videos....
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DIY: Satellite Tracker
This project is for those of you that want to explore communications via LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites. You can manually point your antenna, but a micro-controller makes it a whole lot easier. The basis for operation is fairly...
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