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[Martin Raynsford] figured out a way to sneak some learning into a fun package. He did such a good job the test subjects didn't even know they were teaching themselves just a tiny bit of CNC programming. The apparatus above is a marble maze, but instead of building walls [Martin] simply etched a pattern on the playing field. The marble is a ball bearing which moves through the maze using a … [Read more...]
We're a US-centric site, but aside from events in New York or California, we don't see many hacker, maker, or 3D printer events aimed at the parts of the country filled with corn and WalMarts. The 1st annual Midwest RepRap Festival aims to change that with enough events, speakers, and activities to make Elkhart, Indiana look like the hoppingist place around. Officially, the festival started … [Read more...]
Late last September, Hackaday along with other hackerspaces including North Street Labs, 1.21 Jigawatts, Maker Twins, made their way to the NYC Maker Faire via the Red Bull Creation contest. The objectives of the contest were simple: build a game in 72 hours, have people vote on it, and join the Red Bull crew in Queens for a carnival-like atmosphere. When the Maker Faire was over, Red Bull had … [Read more...]
Continental Europe's first official sanctioned Maker Faire is well underway in the Netherlands, tucked away at the Open Lab Ebbinge in the city of Groningen. Of course the Groningen Maker Faire will feature cool builds like the bike-mounted workshop built by [Bertoa] we've seen and a few wind-powered beach animals inspired by the work of [Theo Jansen]. Also on the schedule are a 3D printed … [Read more...]
[Ian Lesnet], founder of Dangerous Prototypes and Hackaday alumnus, entertains us once again with his Global Geek Tour. This time around he's visited New York City for the Open Source Hardware Summit, Maker Faire, and a tour of the geeky attractions the city has to offer. There's a 25-minute video embedded after the break. [Ian] starts off with an homage to [Anthony Bourdain] but don't worry, … [Read more...]
Woo we're home from Maker Faire! The Hackaday boss man [Caleb] and [Scott], [Phil], and [Andrew] from Squidfoo are back in Springfield, Missouri. I'm safely back in the bosom of Appalachia in Pensyltucky, and we hope every one else at Maker Faire NYC 2012 made it back home safely. Don't think this is the end of our coverage of Maker Faire, though. Honestly, the Internet situation … [Read more...]
What Maker Faire would be complete without teaching children the joys of jiggling and twisting locks until they've opened? Toool, the open organisation of lockpickers made their way to New York this weekend to show off their bumping skills and get the kids interested in manipulating small mechanical devices. The guys from Toool had a very cool setup - just a bunch of tables and chairs with a … [Read more...]
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