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DIY Synthetic Biology: Making Your Own Glowing Plants

David Lang — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:14:48 +0000

Based on the popular (and controversial) Kickstarter project, here is the DIY How-To for creating your own glowing plants with this DIY synthetic biology kit.

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Hardware Companies are Getting Accelerated

David Lang — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:35:31 +0000

Applications are now open at Haxlr8r. Joining a growing contingent of hardware accelerators vying for companies and ideas.

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DIY Rocket Competition

David Lang — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:17:10 +0000

At South By Southwest (SXSW), DIYROCKETS and Sunglass announced a new competition for an "Open Source 3D Printed Rocket Engine" that would be capable of sending nano-satellites into orbit. The competition starts today and runs through June.

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The Internet of Living Things

David Lang — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:44:12 +0000

One of my big dreams is to communicate fluently with animals. I'm completely aware of how crazy that might sound. In fact, that's why I almost never discuss or admit to it. It seems too far out there for most people. But does it really seems that far fetched? When my grandparents were my age, I don't think they ever could have imagined that they would be able to have video calls with someone halfway around the world or access to so much of the world's information at the tip of their fingers. It's impossible to predict where the technology might evolve. Last week at TED, the interspecies communication movement recieved a huge boost. An unlikely team of Peter Gabriel, Vint Cerf, Diana Reiss, and Neil Gershenfeld (the intellectual godfather of the Maker Movement) announced their plans for an interspecies internet. My heart soared!

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Take Your Mom (or Friend) to MAKE Day

David Lang — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:52:16 +0000

As expected, I spent much of the holidays explaining our OpenROV project to my relatives. Much of that discussion involved detailing the maker movement, Maker Faire, Kickstarter, open source hardware, 3D printing. Almost all of the maker infrastructure we've utilized is completely new to them, not to mention the foreigness of underwater robotics. Basically, I told them, we're living in a golden age for inventors and inventing. That's all they really needed to know. My mom decided to challenge my thesis. She shared one of her ideas with me.

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The Art of the Kickstarter Stunt

David Lang — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:52:38 +0000

A Holiday light project to spur interest in a Kickstarter campaign.

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Kickstarted: Make it Yourself?

David Lang — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:26:46 +0000

After your project gets funded on Kickstarter, should you make it yourself or find a manufacturing partner?

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Headed Out? Don’t Forget Your Maker Bag!

David Lang — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:11:28 +0000

A Maker Bag is a must-have companion for your next hackathon. What's in yours?

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FishPi: An Autonomous Drop in the Ocean

David Lang — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:26:12 +0000

Greg Holloway and Al Gray have been working on a proof of concept vehicle for a marine unmanned surface vessel that uses the Rasberry Pi called FishPi. The goal of the project is to "ultimately be able to cross the Atlantic unaided, and take scientific measurements while doing so."

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Science Hack Day!

David Lang — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:08:11 +0000

Science Hack Day is underway in San Francisco. The weekend hackathon focuses on citizen science projects.

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