Many Noise Toys were born at last night's Handmade Music event. Kit creators Loud Objects were on hand assisting with assembly and soldering basics for those new to the sport. Bret Truchan, creator of GlitchDS (and its forthcoming desktop iteration), demonstrated his cellular automata based software and Eric Beug explained the inner workings of...
Make subscriber Matti sends us his recipe for an unusual looping interface -I found this old blender from a flea market and noticed that the names of the different blending modes are very similar to[...]
The 555 Noisemusick Kit from the Maker Shed is an fun way to learn more about one the most popular integrated circuits, the 555 timer. I had a chance to put one of these kits together a few weeks ag[...]
This Month's Handmade Music event is shaping up quite nicely indeed. Peter of CDM gives a rundown of what to expect - Handmade Music projects will again explode into the nerdster party in Brooklyn,[...]
Make: Day was held at the Science Museum of Minnesota, a place which prides itself in allowing kids to be able to touch and interact with pretty much anything in the building. Of course, when it co[...]
Asia Ward is a talented Maker who also works at the Science Museum of Minnesota. She makes interactive sculptures that jiggle, shuffle, squeak, and recoil using electronic toys, household gadgets, [...]
Twin Cities DIY group, Studio Bricolage, made a Paint Pendulum for Make: Day. The paint pendulum is a three story-long cable weighted by a 10-pound bowling ball at the end. The bowling ball has 4 [...]
At Make: Day on Saturday, we had the pleasure of being stationed right across the hall from Savage Aural Hoted. So as I talked to people throughout the day at the Make: television table, every once[...]
Make: Day was crawling with robots of all sizes. We were luck to have The Twin Cities Robotics Group show off tons of their own robots as well as bring kits for kids to make their own! Upload your pho[...]
Make: Day was a huge success! With the aid of over 25 Makers from the Twin Cities area, and thousands more families and Maker enthusiasts, we took over the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown[...]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Soft Pressure Sensor Matrix CRAFT Recipe: Spinach and Yogurt Borani Checkin' In: Fashion Nerd Diana Eng Ask CRAFT: Cat-Sc[...]