Carbon Origins: Space Chase

The founders of Carbon Origins moved to the desert to launch rockets. It was harder than they expected.

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Over the Top: A Brief History of 21st Century BattleMechs

When historians of the future look back on the history of giant mechanized robot warriors, they'll say it all started with BattleBots.

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Building the Bricasso Lego Mosaic Printer

Jason Alleman, aka JK Brickworks, has done some very impressive Lego projects over the years, but this might be his coolest yet. Introducing the “Bricasso,” an all-Lego mosaic printer which can scan a piece of art and then re-create it using 1 x 1 multicolored Lego plates. In this 4-part […]

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All Officers to the Bridge!

In preparation for our Artemis Simulator that’s going to be at Maker Faire Milwaukee, we’ve partnered with Betty Brinn Children’s Museum to build a realistic starship bridge. Here’s what we’ve got so far.

Starfleet never produced an episode of How It’s Made, so we’re going to have to do a little guessing along the way when building our bridge. Obviously we still need to install the EPS conduits, Tribble-proof everything, and get the self destruct system up and running. But we’ve got nearly 80 days to get it all done.

Don’t forget to bring your phaser to Maker Faire Milwaukee to check out the final build!

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Arduino-Controlled Butterfly Wings and More at Kansas City Maker Faire 2015

The handsome and stately Union Station yet again provided a fantastic venue for Kansas City’s Maker Faire this past weekend for its fifth annual event. Continuing its growth year after year, the 2015 Faire brought together an incredible number of Makers and attendees for a really fantastic and interactive two days […]

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Falcon 9 Explosion Is Second Setback for Unlucky Student Space Scientists

While the loss of yesterday's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket may cause major headaches for NASA, the Dragon also carried other payloads built by numerous high school and middle school students.

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A Maker’s Introduction to Ham Radio

You may have heard about amateur or “ham” radio from a friend or maybe one of the members in your Makerspace is a ham. What is ham radio and what does it offer you? First, you’re a Maker, so you already have a lot in common with the ham radio […]

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New Project: Full-Size BB-8 Robot Using Power Wheels

Learn how a Maker built his own full-sized Star Wars BB-8 droid using an odd mix of store-bought supplies and recycled technology.

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“The Challenge of Painting” at Mid-Manhattan Library: An interview with Susan Bee

Today, Rebecca Rubenstein interviews the artist behind of a new show at NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan Library, where artist and librarian Arezoo Moseni regularly curates shows of community artists.  Don’t miss Rebecca’s other posts on library-as-incubator happenings in the NYC area! ~Erinn

Susan Bee. “The Painter’s Triumph,” 2014. 22 x 28, Oil enamel and sand on linen.

by Rebecca Rubenstein

Susan Bee’s work brings a distinct style and pushes the boundaries of what a single painting can express through both a layering of ideas and physical texture on the canvas. I spoke to her about her practice and her connection to libraries. The Challenge of Painting is part of the the Mid-Manhattan Library’s Art Wall on Third exhibition series.

RR: Tell me more about what the title of your show, The Challenge of Painting means to you.

SB: My show at the Mid-Manhattan Library, The Challenge of Painting, features three oil and enamel paintings from 2014. These paintings highlight two related aspects of my work: my use of black and white film stills and my use of genre paintings from the 1800s. The keyed-up colors, energetic patterns, and painterly abstractions that also populate these pieces make them psychologically complex. The couples and characters depicted are nearly overwhelmed by tumultuous passages of paint that threaten to separate and engulf the figures. These works are full of tension as well as tenderness. From playful drips and floral patterns to stripes and thick brush strokes, these paintings address a wide range of human emotions. I’m interested in visual complexity, sensuality, dramatic tension, as well as humor. I use a variety of patterns, color palettes, and techniques in the spaces surrounding the figures and often on the costumes on the figures. The challenge is to create compositions appropriate for the content and mood of each painting.

Susan Bee. “The Kiss,” 2014. 24×20 inches, Oil and enamel on canvas.

RR: I am interested in how your artistic practice connects to your love of libraries. Please tell me more about this connection.

SB: Many of these paintings are based on movie stills, which I first came across when I came to the Picture Collection on the 3rd floor of the Mid-Manhattan Library in the early 1980s, looking for images of women boxers and fighters for a new series of paintings. This started me on a preoccupation with using black and white film stills for my oil paintings, which continues to the present day. I also used the Mid-Manhattan Library’s art book collection to research images for some of my artist’s books.
I am very grateful to the New York Public Library, as well for nourishing my insatiable need to read as the child of immigrants growing up in Yorkville on Lexington Ave and 85th street. There I was conveniently located between the 79th street and 96 local branches, where I went each week to take out children’s books.

Many of these paintings are based on movie stills, which I first came across when I came to the Picture Collection on the 3rd floor of the Mid-Manhattan Library in the early 1980s

RR: What have some of the highlights been for you in terms of your collaborations with poets?

SB: I have made fourteen artist’s books including many collaborations with poets. I made my first artist’s book, Photogram, in 1978. Painting is very different from making a book. My paintings are one of a kind. With the books, the form has been more open; I have designed the individual spreads than assembled the overall narrative structure. Each book project has been different from the next. What I like about the book form is that one doesn’t view it all at once like a painting– there instead is a gradual unfolding from one page to the next as the pages are turned. I also like the accessibility of the book form. Doing the books has expanded my vocabulary of images and approaches. I have used various forms such as: photography, drawing, watercolor, collage, and gouache in these books.

What I like about the book form is that one doesn’t view it all at once like a painting– there instead is a gradual unfolding from one page to the next as the pages are turned. I also like the accessibility of the book form. Doing the books has expanded my vocabulary of images and approaches.

I have collaborated with writers including: Susan Howe, Charles Bernstein, Jerome Rothenberg, Regis Bonvicino, Rachel Levitsky, and Jerome McGann. My upcoming book from Litmus Press is Fabulas Feminae with Johanna Drucker. The images in these books touch on the humorous, whimsical, philosophic, and surreal underpinnings of the poems. Each page of the book presents my own interpretation of the poems. I am not interested in a strict illustrational approach to the words but rather an oblique associative relation between image and poem.

Suan Bee. “Raisin in the Sun,” 2014. 28×22 inches, Oil enamel and sand on canvas.

RR: Where can I find more of your work? Which books are available online?

SB: My website has a link to more paintings and to images from the books. Also, some of the limited edition books are in the rare book room of the New York Public Library.

 

Rebecca Rubenstein is an artist who earned her MFA from from Pratt Institute before enrolling as an MSLIS student at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University. She recently completed an internship with the Librarian for Fine Art at New York University’s Bobst Library. One of her projects there was to build a Lib Guide which includes online and print professional development resources for visual artists. She currently works in the eLibrary of an educational software company. Visit her website at http://ift.tt/1v3kbM1.

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Skill Builder: Using an Awl to Sew Leather and Heavy Fabrics

Introduction If you think about tools that we use today that are passed down from ancient people, the knife, or possibly a modern version of the spear might come to mind. Lying somewhere between those two implements in the modern-day usefulness is the awl. Made out of bone in ancient […]

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Lampe

CNC gefräste Birke-Multiplex-Platte, Reagenzgläser mit Kerzen-Gel + Alu
Glitter, Rückwand Goldfarbene "Rettungsdecke" für PKW



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Deine Stimme für den shack e.V. – Deadline Dienstag 12 Uhr Mittag

Die Deadline rückt stetig näher. Dienstag den 29. Juni ist es soweit!
Aktuell liegen wir knapp oberhalb der Gewinngrenze von 200.

Helft uns mit euren Stimmen noch unter die 200 zu kommen!

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Maker’s Dashboard

A. LED Matrix Tachometer Materials: Arduino + OBD-II TTL adapter + LED matrix Cost: $100 Monitor your engine’s RPM and improve your manual shifting precision with a breakout LED tachometer. B. Car Diagnostic Display Materials: Raspberry Pi + TFT shield + OBD-II Bluetooth adapter + Bluetooth 4.0 adapter Cost: $130 […]

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Maker Pro Q&A: Stuck on Sugru

Inventor Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh talks about finding her product’s niche

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New Project: Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Footstep Sand Stampers

Here’s a fun and easy project for summer: Hack a pair of flip-flops so they make designs in the sand as you walk. Just add a bit of Sugru to your sandals and start stamping! First, clean the bottom of your flip-flops thoroughly with some vinegar water to get rid […]

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New Project: Add Light Up Effects to Backyard Games

Backyard games like Cornhole are a lot of fun. But you can make them even better by adding lights and sounds. By hooking up some simple electronics, you can make the board light up and play a victory fanfare whenever someone scores. Here is how to make it.

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Floating Fantasy

The Amazing Air-Filled Under-Sea Adventure used more than 40,000 balloons to fill the building’s five-story atrium

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The Dunk Tank Goes Extreme with This Fire-Spewing Chamber

Instead of dropping them in a tank of water, this crazy creation puts a person inside a chamber full of fire.

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Workshop: VR mit der Unreal Engine

Am Samstag den 4. Juli 2015 ab 9 Uhr freut sich shackspace in Zusammenarbeit mit dem VR Meetup einen Workshop zur Unreal Engine anbieten zu können.

Der Workshop wird kostenlos sein und Ziel ist es, Grundkenntnisse aufzubauen, um eigene Inhalte zu erstellen (für VR)!
Wir beginnen morgens, ihr lernt die grundlegenden Sachen kennen und nach dem Mittagessen dürft ihr anfangen an eurem eigenen kleinen Spiel zu arbeiten! Im Idealfall können wir dann eure Kreationen auf dem nächsten VR Meetup zeigen!
Da es das erste Event dieser Art ist und jeder seinen eigenen PC/Laptop mitbringen muss ist die Teilnehmerzahl auf 10 begrenzt.
Also wenn ihr nicht kommen könnt seit bitte so fair und sagt ab, da dann Leute auf der Warteliste nachrücken können (Also bitte auch anmelden, wenn das Event schon voll ist, ihr könnt immer noch nachrücken ).
Stellt außerdem bitte sicher, dass Unreal Engine 4.8 auf eurem PC läuft.
Eine Oculus Rift oder sonstiges braucht ihr nicht mitbringen! Zum Testen werden wir mind. 1 da haben.

Zum Event:
Eintritt frei! (Spenden an shack e.V. sind gerne gesehen) Jeder ist willkommen!
Bitte unbedingt vorher anmelden (meetup.com).
Datum: Samstag, 4. Juli 2015 ab 9 Uhr
Anfahrt: U4/U9 Haltestelle “Im Degen”, Ulmer Straße 255, Stuttgart Wangen (gegenüber Kulturhaus Arena)

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Treffen: AR & VR Meetup

shackspace freut sich am Dienstag den 30. Juni 2015 um 19 Uhr wieder das AR & VR Meetup begrüßen zu können.

Diesmal mit folgenden Vorträgen:

• How to create a Virtual Reality Cardboard App with Unity3 (Shora)
• 3D Asset Creation mit Hilfe von Photogrammetrie (Teil 1), (Alexej)
• Wie man die Höhenangst mittels Virtual Reality bekämpfen kann (Claudia)

Weitere Informationen und Anmeldung auf der Meetup Seite.

Zum Event:
Eintritt frei! (Spenden an shack e.V. sind gerne gesehen) Jeder ist willkommen!
Bitte kostenlos vorher anmelden (meetup.com).
Datum: Dienstag, 30. Juni 2015 ab 19 Uhr
Anfahrt: U4/U9 Haltestelle “Im Degen”, Ulmer Straße 255, Stuttgart Wangen (gegenüber Kulturhaus Arena)

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Watch Your Favorite Song Transform into a 3D Model

If you’ve used a desktop music application, you’ve probably discovered some type of hypnotic visualization feature that renders patterns and colors that are synchronized to your tunes. But how many of those visualizations create a 3D model viable for 3D printing? My bet is probably zero. Blair Neal, a Brooklyn-based […]

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New Project: Skill Builder: The Best Ways to Cut, Drill, and Glue PVC Pipe

PVC pipe is a versatile material that finds its way into all manner of projects. Whether you’re building furniture, making art, or even just plumbing your sink, here are a few techniques that will ensure that your project is a success. SECURING PVC Because PVC pipe is round, it tends to […]

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Camp 2015 Ticket Shop is open now!

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We all are very much looking forward to Camp 2015 – many things, like the new location makes things very exciting but such a new location also makes it very costly: We’ll need to get at least 950.000 EUR from ticket sales, which brings us down to an average ticket price of ~212 EUR.

We moved the Congress to the new venue in 2012 we have been facing the same issue ever since, remember?
There we didn’t want to raise the price above 100 EUR and here we don’t want to go above 200 EUR: We leave this, again, up to everyone of you to contribute as much as you can afford to – to make the Camp affordable for everyone in sum.

You can get:

• Standard tickets for 220 EUR
• Supporter tickets for 240, 260, 280 and 300 EUR
• Business tickets for 450, 600 and 750 EUR
• If you are on a low budget, there is the option to buy a ticket for 200 or even 180
• As usual there is also the friends request available, so that everybody is able to attend.

We provide you in the ticket system a graph that shows the average ticket price and how far away we are from the 950.000 EUR. Please help us to create a nice graph! :)

Please be aware that there will be no ticket sale on site! So go ahead and get your ticket right now: http://ift.tt/1ADB9WD – if you have further questions please refer to our wikipage.

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New Project: Open Source Full-Sized BB-8 Robot

A team of engineers and artists methodically creates a BB-8 that looks, moves, and sounds like the real thing.

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New Project: Build the Perfect Backyard Wood-Fired Pizza Oven

Build a super-efficient, easy-to-use backyard oven that’ll never put cinders in your pizza.

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New Project: Sew a Durable Drawstring Bag

This drawstring bag is the perfect way to carry around your stuff! You can throw it over your shoulder or wear it as a backpack. I loosely based this project on another drawstring bag I had; it broke because the stitching was weak, so I made this version more durable. Also, […]

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Skill Builder: Personal Eye Protection Basics

Eye protection is, in many situations, the most important piece of safety gear (aka “PPE” for personal protective equipment) that you will use. In many industrial situations, safety glasses are the absolute minimum protection that you must wear at all times. Besides glasses, goggles or even a full face shield […]

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Shifting gears from Chicago Book Bike to the Read/Write BiblioTreka

This post was originally published in June 2013. 

We’re welcoming Amanda Meeks back to the Incubator this week; today Amanda writes about one of the nicest pop-up programs I’ve ever seen – the Read/Write Library’s BiblioTreka (formerly known as the Chicago Book Bike)! ~ Laura

by Amanda Meeks

The BiblioTreka, packed up and ready to roll.

Chicago’s Read/Write Library collects every type of media from the area, now including a cargo bike with quite the track record of community engagement.  We’ve adopted the Chicago Book Bike in order to preserve it as a cultural artifact and Chicago icon as well as to further the mission of the library by using it to provide pop-up library and outreach services throughout the summer months.

In July of 2008, Gabriel Levinson began the Chicago Book Bike project.  His vision was to offer free new and used books to the general public because “everyone has the right to build and cherish a private library”.  Working with Haley Tricycles in Philadelphia, Gabriel collaborated to design the front-loading, cargo bike that would help him place thousands of books into the hands of Chicago community members over the next few years.  He took the Book Bike to parks and free events each weekend and the project became well-known and loved throughout the city.  When he relocated to Austin, TX last year he was disheartened to find that no individuals or organizations were able to keep the project rolling.  Thus, Book Bike came to a screeching halt.

Early this year, when I took on the role of outreach coordinator at the Read/Write Library, I suggested we look into acquiring a bicycle for pop-up library services.  Others became excited by the idea but there was one wrench in the works: Money–we’d need to fundraise a lot of it.  I started researching costs and options.  Using social media, I crowdsourced ideas from the bike community about custom-built bicycles in the area and many mentioned the Book Bike.  After connecting with Gabriel on twitter, inquiring how he started his project and explaining what we hoped to do with a bike at Read/Write, he generously offered to loan us the Book Bike since it had been unused since his move and was still stored in Chicago.

Setting up the BiblioTreka at a pop-up location in Chicago.

We’ve agreed to adopt the bike and return it to Gabriel should we stop using it for its intended purpose, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.  As of May 2013, the bike has been painted, tuned up, and renamed the Read/Write BiblioTreka.  We’re gearing up for a summer of pop-up libraries at local art and music venues (such as Comfort Station), farmer’s markets, community gardens, and any other free or low-cost community-oriented events by training a team of volunteers to safely drive BiblioTreka.  As with our traditional pop-up library services, we curate a sampling of our materials to match the needs of the events or organizations with whom we’re partnering, only we’ve put a new spin on the old model by arriving by bicycle.

BiblioTreka transformed into the pop-up library.

Updates about where the bike will be each week are available on the Read/Write Twitter and Facebook pages.  To inquire further about BiblioTreka and our pop-up services, please email outreach@readwritelibrary.org.

Read Amanda’s feature on Chicago’s Read/Write Library here on the Incubator Project.

Amanda Meeks is a recent graduate of Emporia State University’s SLIM program in Portland, OR and the Read/Write Library’s outreach coordinator.  For more information about the library, events, and volunteering please email her at outreach@readwritelibrary.org. 

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MRMCD15: Wettkampfvorbereitungsupdate

Liebe Sportsfreunde,

wir sind fleißig am planen der diesjährigen MRMCD und wollten euch mal ein kleines Update aus der Wettkampfleitung geben.

Vorverkauf
Nachdem wir beim letzten Crewmetting intensiv das neue, sehr schicke Vorverkaufssystem Pretix auf Fehler abgeklopft und getestet haben, werden gerade noch letzte UI-Verbesserungen eingebaut. Das heißt: Es wird bald losgehen!

Textilien
Wir haben in den vergangenen Jahren schon fair gehandelte Öko-Textilien verwendet und wollen dieses Jahr noch einen Schritt weiter gehen. Es wird natürlich wieder zertifizierte Öko-Textilien aus fairem Handel geben, weil wir davon überzeugt sind, dass jede Entscheidung für faire Produktion den Textilarbeitern hilft. Zusätzlich unterstützt ihr mit eurem T-Shirt bzw. Hoodie dieses Mal aber noch die Wiedereingliederung von ehemals Drogenabhängigen in unsere Gesellschaft, da wir die Bedruckung an eine soziale Einrichtung abgegeben haben. Das Ziel unseres Partners ist die dauerhafte berufliche Wiedereingliederung der dort Beschäftigten, ein Ziel was wir gerne unterstützen!

Vortragsprogramm
Auch wenn es noch etwas hin ist, bis der CFP endet, haben schon erstaunlich viele, tolle Menschen Vortragsideen eingereicht und angekündigt. Die Entscheidung, wer als Speaker dabei sein wird und auch in die mittlerweile berühmte Speakerlounge rein darf, wird aber erst nach dem Ende der Einreichungsfrist bekannt gegeben.
Bis dahin könnt ihr eure Vortragsideen mit Hilfe des großartigen frab einreichen, verbessern und verwalten. Für den Anfang muss die Einreichung auch noch nicht besonders detailliert sein, viele Ideen müssen ja erst reifen. Wenn du dir unsicher bist, ob deine Idee zu den MRMCD passt, schreib uns einfach eine kurze Mail, wir können dir bestimmt weiterhelfen.

Wettkämpfe
Wir wollen ganz im Geiste unseres diesjährigen Mottos auch Wettkämpfe austragen. Wenn ihr eine tolle Idee für einen Wettkampf habt könnt ihr diesen im frab eintragen, für die Preise sorgen dann wir. Extrem-Kaktus-vertrocknen-lassen? Smartphone-Weitwurf? Tastaturfechten? Käferjagd in der Cloud? Ihr entscheidet!

MRMCD-Triathlonteam
Wer hätte gedacht, dass die etwas verrrückte Idee, die erste CCC-Konferenz mit eigenem Triathlonteam zu werden, so gut bei euch ankommt? Obwohl wir selbst skeptisch waren, sind in unserem Team nur noch zwei Startplätze frei. Wenn ihr auch Teil des MRMCD-Triathlonteams werden wollt, schreibt uns eine kurze Mail. Wir melden uns dann mit weiteren Infos. Details zum einsteigerfreundlichen Datterich-Triathlon findet ihr auf: http://ift.tt/1NqUTzN

 

Mit sportlichen Grüßen,
die Wettkampfleitung der MRMCD

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The 6 Best Ways to Make Ice Cream Cake

Ice cream cake is perfect for any birthday, young or old, but it can sometimes be hard to track one down. Instead of looking high and low, why not make a personalized one right at home? There are more ways to make ice cream cake than colors in the rainbow, but […]

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New Project: Skill Builder: Designing Dual Extrusion 3D Printed Parts

3D printing is pretty neat. Dual extrusion 3D printing is super neat. Modeling with CAD is pretty neat. Modeling with a cloud-based, version controlled, and free to use CAD program like Onshape is super neater. So, why not use both super neat things to make something awesome? Follow this guide and learn […]

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IFTTT Adds a Channel for Makers

The new Maker Channel recently added by IFTTT means the services is suddenly accessible, and useable, from the Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

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Your Next Hardware Project Might Be Biological, and Other News from the Solid Conference

O’Reilly Media held its annual Solid conference this week in San Francisco. It’s an annual show  covering “Hardware, Software & the Internet of Things.” We found it eye-opening, informative, and occasionally controversial. Here’s some of what we heard at this year’s show: Synthetic Biology Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab, explained […]

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Adam Savage Builds a Multi-Tool Holster from Aluminum

In this Tested: One Day Build video, with Adam Savage and Will Smith, Adam decides to upgrade one of his Leatherman Wave cases with a belt-borne, one-finger-access clip holster. He decides to use a scrap piece of aluminum for the build. He also plans to upgrade his previous design of […]

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New Project: Rheoscopic Disc Coffee Table

[Editor’s Note: The Rheoscopic Disc Coffee Table is a project we liked so much, we decided to add a video to it and flush out the final steps for mounting the disc inside of the table.] When I last visited the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, I saw a really […]

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Besuch bei Sparkfun

Im Zuge des AutonomousVehicleContest (AVC) gab es eine sehr spannende
Führung durch das nagelneue Firmengebäude.



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Unser CAM Workflow

Das Fräsen-Setup ist jetzt erstmal stabil, mit viel Platz für Verbesserungen

#1 CAD - Zeichnen
z.B. Librecad, Rhino oder CorelDraw

#2 CAM - Fräsbahnberechnung und GCODE-Erzeugung
Rhinocam oder ESTLCAM

#3 GCODE-Versand
Universal Gcode Downloader (Java)

#4 GCODE nach Schrittimpulse
GRBL 0.9g auf einem Arduino

#5 Motoransteuerung
Triple Beast von Sorotec

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Jetzt auch mit Sonntag!

Wir haben jeden Dienstag ab 19:00 Uhr für Interessenten geöffnet. Um
diesen Abend etwas zu entlasten (es ist manchmal echt sehr voll) machen
wir jetzt auch Sonntags auf. So ab späten Nachmittag, guckt einfach
rechts oben auf das Icon mit der Tür!

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Plan Your Travel for Camp 2015

The Chaos Communication Camp 2015 approaches with giant steps! Whelp, it’s high time for a round of basic information, so you can plan your journey accordingly.

The dates

Entrance at the Chaos Communication Camp 2011
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• If you’re part of a Village or as an individual, the earliest reasonable date of arrival will be August 8th. Before that, there won’t be any power, water or Mate supply and you’ll likely stand in the way.
• Disassembly of the event will commence on the evening of August 17th. We need to clear the venue by August 20th.
• We’re going to need lots of people for the teardown and cleanup. You can help out, more on that in the Wiki about volunteers at the Camp!

Motorized vehicles

Special announcements for motorized vehicles
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• Even during Camp construction time there will be little to no cars allowed at the site of the event. A special procedure will be announced at the entrance and can change from one hour to the next. Please prepare to unload your vehicles at the main entrance and relocate them to the parking lot for the duration of the event. Parking in front of the main entrance will be limited, so better gang up!
• Caravans and Campervans will get their own designated area right next to the venue. Officially it’s outside the main Camp area, so you can move your Campervan for a shopping tour.
• Trucks, Caravans, and Campervans may enter the venue if they’re an integral piece of your Village’s set-up. Those vehicles will need to be in place by August 12th and won’t be able to leave until the event came to a close, so please plan accordingly.

Rental tents and Village construction

Villages at Chaos Communication Camp 2011
Picture by Sascha Ludwig

• If you or your Village rented a tent from our (already closed) tent rental service, we’ll likely have those set up on August 8th as well. Some tents might be set up some time later (after the weekend of 8/9 August), but still before August 13th.
• Your Village will get its own staked out stretch of land! Build as compact as possible. Buffer overflows are usually bad, so please stay within that area to avoid reboots. You might also cooperate with similar villages for a joint space.

Tickets will be up for sale soon™, as well as more information on general infrastructure at the Camp 2015!

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This Clockwork Carpenter Is Made from a Single 2×4

This clockwork carpenter is an automaton, which is a self-operating machine that can be made out of different materials. Evidence of them dates back hundreds of years, and I’m always excited when I see a new one pop up. I’ve mostly seen them made out of paper, but it’s a real […]

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Make This Floating Pool Noodle Beverage Boat in 15 Minutes

Have a plastic tub and a pool noodle? Your day at the beach/pool/lake just got a whole lot better with this floating pool noodle beverage boat! The problem with open water? Nowhere to put that much-needed beverage. The solution: Build your booze (and soda and juice) a boat! (Obviously.) Planning […]

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New 3D Printer Uses Molten Glass

Micron 3DP, a maker of extruders for 3D printing, has been exploring an exciting new area: 3D Printing with glass. This exploration seems like a somewhat natural transition for the company. The “hot end” of the 3D printer is the part of the extruder assembly that literally melts the plastic […]

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Friday Linkubator Roundup | June 19 – 25

ALA Annual in San Francisco is upon us! Check “other news” below to see where we’ll be, but for those of us who are left behind, these links will have to ease the longing.

Fluxus Club in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Art Lab, December 4, 2014.

New features:

• The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN invited the public into the museum library to explore the collection and make art – everything we love! Part 2 is up now, and you can read Part 1 here.
• What would you do if you found a flipbook in the margins of a library book? Anton Hecht was part of The Flipbooks in Libraries project in Gateshead Libraries, which by the way was totally sanctioned by the librarians – nobody freak out!
• We’re thrilled that the folks at The Hatchery (a website from the Glasgow School of Art) are back with another series! Check out this Micropages exhibit.

Other news:

• If you’re at/going to ALA Annual, find out where we’ll be! Erinn is our ambassador this year, and she’s part of some dynamite sessions. Say hi if you see her!
• Holly took part in the ILEAD USA conference this week and was tweeting great stuff about connecting libraries. Look for #ileadusa on Twitter!
• Our friend Karen Jensen (of Teen Librarian Toolbox fame) published an e-book on Scrib about Music in Our Libraries, especially for teens, and we think you should know it exists. Hooray for more arts resources!

Fun stuff:

• Pranksters in the UK made a Stonehenge of old refrigerators for the summer solstice. #fridgehenge
• Embroidery, history, & the internet – artist Cornelia Parker created a crowdsourced tapestry of the Wikipedia article on the Magna Carta. Love everything about this.
• Someone turned Google’s image recognition software around to produce images, and they are… beyond strange and well past trippy. It’s like the dreams of a machine…
• WGBH in Boston speculates on the Museums of 2035. Do you think it’s where we’re headed?
• 6 Easiest Video Editing Tools – get your tech tips here!
• June is National Candy Month (apparently), and Quirk Books posted on literary characters as PEZ dispensers. Amazing.
• Time-suck warning! The Internet Archive collected its playable video games from days of yore into a Console Living Room.

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This Giant Table and Chairs Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again

3 For Life reminds adults what it's like to be kids. It's also fun for kids.

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New Project: Building a Robot Arm Part 2: Designing the Solid Base

This project is part 2 in the building a robot arm tutorial. In the first part, I showed how to design the robot arm. In part one of making a robot arm, we explored a lot of things like 3D computer aided drafting software, or CAD for short, and 3D […]

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