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Thursday, 2 June 2016

Incredible Model-Making Tutorials from a Master Modeler

This modest blog may be the Holy Grail of model-making sites.

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Read the Room with This Social Media Skimming Robotic Arm

Thumbs up or thumbs down? This robotic arm skims social media to let you know if you're viewed positively or negatively.

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Making an Edible Virtual Reality Viewer for Your Phone

When someone misheard a project pitch in a meeting, I knew I had to create the hilarious result.

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Brisbane Pride Choir finds a home in libraries

Lots of libraries provide a “home” for many types of arts organizations, from quilters’ guilds to writers’ groups, who do not have a permanent space for gathering. As a librarian with a performance background, I’m always personally interested when a performing arts group takes advantage of the meeting rooms and community spaces that many libraries make available to their public.

One example is the Brisbane Pride Choir, based in Brisbane Australia. The choir not only just performed a new piece at the Queensland State Library as part of their ‘belonging’ concert, but the members also use meeting room space at the New Farm Library for their rehearsals. As David Hardy, Secretary of Brisbane Pride Choir writes, “As a community arts organisation (for community, read–culturally rich, financially poor), in an expensive city (Brisbane is Australia’s 3rd largest city after Sydney and Melbourne), we do rely on any venues and rehearsal spaces which are free or which discount considerably.”

The choir outside of its rehearsal space at the New Farm Library. Photographer: Tjeerd Tijhof.

Poster for ‘belonging’ concert at the State Library of Queensland. Designer: Jamie Waite.

While meeting spaces with enough room for a choir to rehearse are not available at every library branch in the city, those with the appropriate spaces do not charge for use by community-based organizations with lean budgets. Just another example of a simple but important way that libraries help keep the arts alive and thriving, all over the world. ~Laura

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Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Hundreds of Makers in Hannover

In its fourth year, Maker Faire Hannover had over 16,000 people and over 200 exhibits and 800 makers. Here's a small sample of some of the magic.

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The Miles CubeSat Might Be the Next Satellite Sent to Mars

When I think of people putting things into orbit, or visiting space, bulky spacesuits and perhaps a gigantic room filled with scientists monitoring an array of screens comes to mind. Things have, however, changed since the 1970s, and though that situation may still exist, smaller entities are now getting […]

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Build Modular Animal Robots with the Animech Project

For someone without a background or education in engineering and electronics, robotics can be a daunting field. That’s why Jeffrey Moore of The Animech Project is developing robotics kits that help teach those skills in a fun and accessible way. The Animech Project, on display at this year’s Maker Faire […]