Bull and Buddha, Poughkeepsie, NY
I decided to meet a friend tonight at Bull and Buddha in Poughkeepsie, NY. Look at these gorgeous lamps! YUMMY Menu!! And I love the Big Buddha behind the bar.
Maker Faire – new project!
I just found out that I am exhibiting at the Bay Area Maker Faire! I applied after the deadline and was accepted as a last-minute entry. So I will make something new to show and also bring a couple of 2010 pieces. The new thing that I am conceptualizing has something to do with software-less […]
Felt sperm! (I’m sooooo mature)
Hine Mizushima does some great original work…and this one cracked me up.
Keepon robot helps autistic children
I just saw this video of Keepon, a robot designed to help autistic children engage socially. It looks like an old style push button toy, but has 2 cameras (!!) in its head and a microphone in its nose. Awesome bonus: this video (@ 1:25) briefly shows off the mechanics that make Keepon interact. The […]
It’s all about the Make-cation
My new friend Stephanie Alarcon coined the word Make-cation earlier today. Check out her blog, it rocks! The Make-cation is the vacation that you take from your regular life in order to make stuff! Making stuff can take a long time…. from thinking it up, to researching it, to screwing it up, to redoing it, […]
Oscillating with the 74HC14
Today, I built an oscillator with the 74HC14 hex inverter Schmitt trigger. Here’s the datasheet. I thought this was interesting, the inventor of the Schmitt trigger, Otto Herbert Schmitt (1913 – 1998), was a scientist who worked both in physics and biology. He figured out the trigger while studying neural impulse propagation in squid nerves. […]
Open Source Hardware logo selected!
Yesterday, the open source hardware logo designed by Macklin Chaffee was selected. Over 9000 people voted! From the OSHW definition, the principle is “Open source hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design.” Yessssssss! Collaboration rocks […]
Recycling the Metrocard
Stephen Shaheen designed this bench made from Metrocards on a steel frame. Mr. Shaheen, I salute your imagination!
The Folding Plug
I ran across this super cool design today while looking at power strips. The folding plug from the UK based Made in M!nd folds to be 0.393″ thin! It will be released sometime this year with a product line designed around it … maybe some folding phone chargers?