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Olympus BioScapes competition winners
Olympus BioScapes competition winners, amazing photos!
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Nov 21, 2009 03:00 AM
Imaging, Science |
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Mac mailbox
Mac mailbox from Te Atatu in Auckland...
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Nov 20, 2009 08:00 PM
Remake |
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LHC tweets its first circulating beam of 2009
LHC tweets its first circulating beam of 2009, good luck finding the Higgs gang. Photos here...
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Nov 20, 2009 06:45 PM
Science |
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Money hats
Origami money hats, sent in by a maker - anyone know where this is from?
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Nov 19, 2009 08:00 PM
Arts, Paper Crafts |
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Crayon rings
Timothy Liles Crayon rings...
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 18, 2009 08:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, Remake |
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MAKE's mostly $20 and under electronics gift guide
As the holidays approach this year, money is tighter than ever for everyone. When thinking about gifts to give, consider the gift of DIY electronics and kits, not only could a loved one learn a new skill, but it could start them on a journey to a wonderful lifetime hobby, possibly a career! Helping someone learn electronics is more than just giving a circuit board and a bunch of parts, you're giving the gift of time, hours of new experiences exploring the wonders of engineering and science. In the end, they'll also have something to show and share!
So let's get started. I've put together my 20 favorite (mostly) under $20 electronic kits and resources, some are from the Maker Shed, some are from other places (SparkFun, Adafruit, Instructables, TechShop, Solarbotics, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, Parallax). Many of them are open source hardware projects, so if $20 is still too much, you might be able to put these together on your own and print out the instructions for free too! Our gift guides are meant to inspire your suggestions, so if you know of a great $20 or under electronics kit, post it in the comments!
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 18, 2009 08:26 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gift Guides |
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Banned Xboxs flood online marketplaces
Banned Xboxs flood online marketplaces via BBG.
Hundreds of Xboxs have appeared on online marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist in the wake of the mass Xbox live bans. Over the past week Microsoft has banned nearly one million users from the online gaming service after finding that they had modified their consoles to play pirated games. Since the ban is connected to the console rather than a gamer's online account, many modified Xboxs have appeared online being sold by banned users. eBay has issued a warning to users on its website to be wary of buying consoles in the wake of Microsoft's move. In a post on the website's guide section, it said: 'If you are looking to buy an Xbox 360 on eBay in the near future, ask the seller if it has been banned from Xbox Live and be sure to pay by PayPal in case they lie. If you do get a banned console, start a PayPal claim.'Microsoft has said that all bans are permanent to the console and no affected units will be permitted back onto Xbox Live on any account.
You can get a banned console for $40 now. I know that a lot of Microsoft folks read MAKE so please Microsoft folks, figure out something else besides permanently crippling millions of devices. Sure they can be used to play offline, but I doubt the owners will keep them, so it's one stop to trashville. They'll end up in a landfill, at least offer a way to re-active them or something, anything.
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Nov 18, 2009 03:30 AM
Gaming |
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Open source hardware and the web...
Limor Fried and I spoke at the Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 today... Here's a description of our talk and our slides!
Open source hardware is a term slowly working its way into many new projects and efforts, but what is it? There are a few definitions, some of which come from “open source software,” which is usually considered software’s “source code under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to study, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form.” So how does this translate to hardware? This session will focus on electronic hardware, the layers they can be divided into, different document types, licensing concerns, and a show-and-tell of hardware. Because of the openness of the movement it is increasingly being tied to Web 2.0 services.
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Nov 17, 2009 11:29 AM
Open source hardware |
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Fairytale Fashion - Conductive Materials: Playing with Drawdio
Fairytale Fashion created by Diana Eng has a great new video with the Drawdio!
We are going to embroider a dress with conductive thread so that it is touch sensitive. What do you imagine happening when the dress is touched and a closed circuit is made?
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 16, 2009 08:00 PM
Open source hardware |
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StairSteady invented by a 16 year old..
StairSteady invented by a 16 year old maker...
When not in use, the handle goes from the square section to a round at either the top or bottom of the stairs and so the handle folds away parallel with the wall and is unobtrusive. This allows the stairs to be used by both those with unlimited and limited mobility in the household.Invented by Sheffield girl Ruth Amos who won the prestigious Young Engineer for Great Britain award for its creation, the StairSteady is produced in Sheffield, by one of the top engineering companies, to the highest standards and is distributed by her own company StairSteady Ltd.
StairSteady Ltd was set up in 2006 by Ruth Amos, when Ruth was just 16years old. It all began with her GCSE resistant materials project. The original project idea came about when Ruth's teacher's father had a stroke and was told he needed to continue to exercise but was unable to use his stairs. A StairSteady would have enabled him to do that.
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Nov 16, 2009 08:00 PM
Makers |
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