“That looks like fun,” Dawn Thomas said to me. “Let’s build a vehicle to compete in that.”
Ricochet Studio produces exquisite ceramics that look like everyday objects, like this clever and functional domestic lighting piece called Shoe Toss, which features porcelain shoes hung over a telephone wire.
Many makers can pinpoint their origin story. For me, it's cycling.
The next meeting of the TOG Book Club is 7:30pm, Friday 25th July 2014, and we’ll be reading two books this time.
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams retroactively alter reality. The novel received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972
and Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Roadside Picnic (Russian: Пикник на обочине) is a short science fiction novel written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in 1971. Roadside Picnic is a work of fiction based on the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event (called the Visitation) which simultaneously took place in half a dozen separate locations around Earth for a two-day period.
The TOG Book Club doesn’t read books over 400 pages (which is can limit the sci-fi books available!). Both of these books are quite short (184 and 145 pages), and combined they are under our 400 page limit.
Thanks to everyone who came to our June 2014 Book Club and read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
All are welcome to come and chat about the book (members & non-members). No charge.
Robots are generally thought to be complex electro-mechanical systems. They can be. Or they can be simple projects built with supplies and materials you probably already have around the home! Here's a review of Robotics by Kathy Ceceri and book's low-tech projects.
Artist and photographer Vic Muniz teamed up with fellow artist and designer Marcello Coelho to turn the common childhood activity of making "Sandcastles" inside out by etching drawings of castles onto individual grains of sand.
The first day of the 4th annual Kansas City Maker Faire is coming to an end. I’ve been wandering around all day talking to people and seeing some incredible things. What is always striking is the variety you’ll find at a Maker Faire. You can literally go from perfume making […]
