ArcAttack’s Steve Ward Demos the Handheld Tesla Coil
Today at Maker Faire, ArcAttack's Steve Ward showed me why he comes to Maker Faire: to make lightning! Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Music | 2 Comments
BeatBots Continues Socially Conscious Innovation
BeatBots has created the Gobug. Gobug is a mobile robotic toy planned for use in therapy sessions for autistic kids. Control requires communication and collaboration by multiple children. An additional controller used by a therapist allow him or her to step in if necessary. Read more »
Categories: Electronics, General, Robotics | 2 Comments
Autodesk, MakerBot Join Forces
MakerBot and Autodesk, who are sharing a booth this weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, just announced a partnership deal involving the Replicator 2 and Autodesk's 123D suite. Folks who purchase subscriptions to Autodesk's 123D tools get a discount towards the purchase of a Rep2, and Autodesk has become... Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing | 1 Comment
The Alternate Makerspace–MAKE:SF
Among the makerspaces represented in Expo Hall at Maker Faire this weekend is one which offers regular meetings, cheap dues, great venues, and no lease commitments. That's the formula for MAKE:SF which holds regular meetups at hosting business locations. The cost to join this makerspace is a mere $10/six months... Read more »
Categories: General, Hackerspaces | No Comments
The Road to the I/O Sensor Network
The long tale of the slippery path taking Alasdair Allan, Kipp Bradford, Julie Steele and Rob Faludi to Google I/O to build a distributed sensor network that turned into the talk of the conference. Read more »
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Ubiquity Robot Team’s “12 Tasks of Hercules”
Got a passion project and want to build a team around it? Start in your makerspace! Dr. David Crawley desperately wanted to hack robots and build a useful platform, not an inexpensive toy that couldn't do anything or a useful robot that few could afford. He wanted his to be... Read more »
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Maker Faire: Day One
The first day of Maker Faire opened Saturday with an exuberant crowd of tinkerers, experimentalists, artists, hobbyists, and of course, makers. Read more »
Categories: General, Art & Design, Craft, Education, Electronics, Home, Music, Workshop | 1 Comment
More Wheeled Wonders at Maker Faire
More wonderfully weird things on wheels at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013. Read more »
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Tall Bike Bobby: From Vancouver to LA on a Hand-Made Bicyle
From Vancouver to Los Angeles on a hand-made tall bike. Read more »
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Radio Shack Unveils the New Delta Series Mini PC Board at Maker Faire
Radio Shack is showing off a sample of their new Delta Series mini PC boards at Maker Faire. Read more »
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 4 Comments
Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board
Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux. Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Open Source Hardware | 12 Comments
Maker Faire for Start-Ups
The guys at Helios don’t have anything to sell at Maker Faire. Their “smart bike” handlebars won’t be available until the fall. But here they are, at Maker Faire, in a small booth with two prototypes bicycle handlebars mounted on bikes. They are engaging with a torrent of curious Maker... Read more »
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