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Step into Light and Sound in Interactive Synesthesia Experience

[image error] "Blue-Yellow-Red" is a transmedia installation created by Nashville, Tennessee, interdisciplinary artist and transmedia performer, Robbie Lynn Hunsinger. The exhibit was created for the Frist Center as part its 2014 Kandinsky exhibit.

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This Mushroom Artist Grows His Own Fungal Furniture

[image error] The future is destined to bring us technology composed of fungus, according to Phil Ross

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Tech and Dance Unite to Tell a Story with Light

[image error] On a cold winter night in Kongsberg Norway, dancers draped in white sheets stand in a warm auditorium waiting to hear their mark. As the mark arrives, each dancer hits a button and is instantly lit up with 136 RGB LEDs. The dancers move fluidly across the stage in sync […]

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The Growing Pains of Quirky’s Innovative Business Model

[image error]   “We make invention accessible,” boasts Quirky, a company that develops products designed by everyday inventors through online submissions, and which currently offers 400+ products submitted by more than 1,000 inventors. It’s a complex, ambitious model for a startup– perhaps overly so. Despite glowing reviews from a variety of publications, […]

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New Project: New Project: Long-Range Wireless Broadcasts: Raspberry Pi Slow Scan Television (SSTV) Camera

In this project the Raspberry Pi with the PiCam is used as a wireless camera which can transmit images over long distances, usually hundreds of meters! Images are transmitted by amateur radio (ham radio) using slow scan television (SSTV) on the 2 meter band (144.5MHz). Thanks to Oliver Mattos and […]

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New Project: Long-Range Wireless Broadcasts: Raspberry Pi Slow Scan Television (SSTV) Camera

[image error] In this project the Raspberry Pi with the PiCam is used as a wireless camera which can transmit images over long distances, usually hundreds of meters! Images are transmitted by amateur radio (ham radio) using slow scan television (SSTV) on the 2 meter band (144.5MHz). Thanks to Oliver Mattos and […]

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2 Ways to Organize Your Life with Repurposed Windows

[image error] To the right kind of maker, charming old wood-frame windows can be a downright irresistible flea market or roadside find. There’s just something about them that begs to be rescued and turned into something awesome. And, since they’re not generally the most energy-efficient option for modern homes, they’re actually pretty […]

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World’s Fastest Man: How I Built Bionic Boots

[image error] Ever since I was 12 years old, I’ve been dreaming of one day dropping into the African savanna and running with cheetahs. I built the Bionic Boots simply because I wanted that experience.

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Calling Maker Pros for the Pitch Your Prototype Challenge

[image error] If you’re a Maker Pro—a tinkerer interested in going to the next level by bringing an invention to market—consider entering your design in the Pitch Your Prototype Challenge, a collaboration between Make: and Cornell University with the goal of digging up promising prototypes from the Maker community. The winning individual or team, which will […]

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Get Your Discounted Early Bird Tickets For Maker Faire Bay Area Before Its Too Late

[image error] This year we’re celebrating 10 years of making in the Bay Area! Saturday-Sunday, May 16-17, 2015. You’ll experience hands-on making opportunities, talks from makers of all kinds, and a celebration of the Maker Movement. Buy your tickets today and save with the Early Bird discount (the best discount around!) in […]

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