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Makematics: turning CS research into maker tools
"No generation of artists has ever been more dependent on scientific and technical advances than today’s. Today’s artists work on computers. Advances in computer science and related mathematical fields underlie everything that digital artists make. Recently these advances have lead to the advent of whole new creative fields like interactive art, generative graphics, data visualization, and digital fabrication.

In order to produce excellent and novel work in these new fields, artists have had to learn computational and mathematical techniques. They started with basic material like trigonometry for 2D games and graphics, the rudiments of computer vision for interactive installations, and primitive signal processing for embedded electronics.

Increasingly these new creative fields are becoming the basis of art and design across our culture. And these techniques are becoming the foundation of a new kind of art and design education."
education  design  electronics  programming  generativegraphics  fabbing  digitalfabrication  datavisualization  2012  technology  science  somputers  computing  computation  makers  making  makematics  art  math  from delicious
9 weeks ago by robertogreco
Teagueduino: Learn to Make by Teague — Kickstarter
"Teagueduino is an open source electronic board and interface that allows you to realize creative ideas without soldering or knowing how to code, while teaching you the ropes of programming and embedded development (like arduino). Teagueduino is designed to help you discover your inner techno-geek and embrace the awesomeness of making things in realtime — even if you’ve only ever programmed your VCR."
arduino  microprocessors  2011  electronics  kickstarter  hardware  diy  hacking  learning  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
MAKE | Zen and the Art of Making
"Some of the most talented and prolific people I know have dozens of interests and hobbies. When I ask them about this, the response is usually something like “I love to learn.” I think the new discoveries and joys of learning are the crux of this beginner thing I’ve been thinking about. Sure, when you’ve mastered something it’s valuable, but then part of your journey is over — you’ve arrived, and the trick is to find something you’ll always have a sense of wonder about. I think this is why scientists and artists, who are usually experts, love what they do: there is always something new ahead. It’s possible to be an expert but still retain the mind of a beginner. It’s hard, but the best experts can do it. In making things, in art, in science, in engineering, you can always be a beginner about something you’re doing — the fields are too vast to know it all."
philliptorrone  making  learning  unschooling  curiosity  education  experts  generalists  creativegeneralists  2011  zen  knowledge  expertise  lewiscarroll  makers  electronics  art  artists  science  scientists  tinkering  tinkerers  lifelonglearning  deschooling  mindset  beginners  invention  arduino  fear  risktaking  riskaversion  teaching  lcproject  failure  stasis  yearoff  openminded  children  interestedness  specialists  motivation  intrinsicmotivation  exploration  internet  web  online  constraints  from delicious
november 2011 by robertogreco
Mitchel Resnick 2011 Prize Winner - YouTube
"Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, develops new technologies and activities to engage people (especially children) in creative learning experiences, helping them learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. His Lifelong Kindergarten research group developed ideas and technologies underlying the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits and the Scratch programming environment and online community, used by millions of young people around the world. He also co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of more than 100 after-school learning centers where youth from low-income communities learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies."
mit  mitmedialab  mitchresnick  2011  lifelongkindergarten  scratch  education  learning  constructivism  projectbasedlearning  tcsnmy  schools  design  mindstorms  lego  legonxt  wedo  electronics  coding  programming  children  lcproject  from delicious
october 2011 by robertogreco
Worklog
"My name is Jordi Parra and this Tumblr is a personal worklog to keep track of the process of my degree project: a device to listen to Spotify at home."
spotify  arduino  electronics  rfid  music  design  radio  jordiparra  from delicious
october 2011 by robertogreco
Polaroid’s SX-70: The Art and Science of the Nearly Impossible
"We could not have known and have only just learned–perhaps mostly from children from two to five–that a new kind of relationship between people in groups is brought into being by SX-70 when the members of a group are photographing and being photographed and sharing the photographs: it turns out that buried within all of us–God knows beneath how many pregenital and Freudian and Calvinistic strata–there is latent interest in each other; there is tenderness, curiosity, excitement, affection, companionability and humor; it turns out that in this cold world where man grows distant from man, and even lovers can reach each other only briefly, that we have a yen for and a primordial competence for a quiet good-humored delight in each other: we have a prehistoric tribal competence for a non-physical, non-emotional, non-sexual satisfaction in being partners in the lonely exploration of a once empty planet."
design  technology  art  history  science  polaroid  harrymccracken  edwinland  steevejobs  apple  photography  gadgets  entrepreneurship  tinkering  invention  sx-70  relationships  people  anseladams  normanlocks  andywarhol  OneStep  kodak  consumerelectronics  electronics  instantphotography  cameras  granthamilton  2011  children  companionship  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Andrew Sliwinski | Thisandagain
"Hi. My name is Andrew.<br />
I help solve problems and make things using design, technology, science and fabrication."
andrewsliwinski  engineering  making  makers  doing  make  hackers  building  electronics  multimedia  via:javierarbona  technology  science  design  problemsolving  thisandagain  makerfaire  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Stephanie Syjuko — Comparative Morphologies, 2001
"What looks like vintage natural history studies turns out to be, on closer inspection, images of computer and technological cords and peripherals, each slightly manipulated to take on organic characteristics--a fused or sprouting growth from a stem, a viral infection, or a radial symmetry.<br />
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I used a digital camera to photograph the computer cords and peripherals that surrounded my home workstation, and then transferred them to the computer where i digitally altered and added to the original images. Arranged suggestively on an image of a vintage print (the original botanical images on it having been erased), the techie beginnings become transformed into the final archival-quality iris prints."
2001  electronics  morphology  illustration  photography  design  art  stephaniesyjuco  nature  vintage  botany  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
Braun Lectron System
"Dieter Rams and Jurgen Greubel designed the Braun Lectron System (1967- 69) as a teaching tool for use in schools and universities. It is made up of a large range of little bricks, like dominoes, that magnetically connect to one another. Once the blocks are organized on a conductive plate, they can form a variety of functional circuits. See this great article on it from a 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated, where they discuss “what a drag” it is to make your own circuits, but “now it can be as much fun to put electronic circuits together and to learn fundamentals as it is to put words together when you play Scrabble.”"
electronics  dieterrams  education  learning  design  toys  play  jurgengreubel  from delicious
january 2011 by robertogreco
All hail the humble component « Snarkmarket
Frank Chimero: "I like the term steadfast for these components [durable], and calling the more ephemeral technologies “hot-swap” because you swap them out without shutting down the system."
steadfast  hot-swap  robinsloan  frankchimero  shopping  plannedobsolescence  longevity  plannedlongevity  durability  ephemeralization  electronics  clothing  media  snarkmarket  from delicious
january 2011 by robertogreco
Industrial Liquidators :home
"Industrial Liquidators is a surplus retail and wholesale outlet. We also buy closeouts. We have retail stores for our  products as well as a warehouse opento the public to buy shelving, work benches and our larger equipment! We buy and sell items such as: Shelving, Industrial Surplus, electronics, test equipment,laboratory equipment, office equipment, machinery, components, government surplus, excess inventory...etc."
electronics  sandiego  shopping  glvo  projects  make  making  surplus  laboratories  tools  technology  tcsnmy  supplies  furniture  components  machinery  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Permanent Error - we make money not art
"After the moving and now iconic series The Hyena and Other Men and the stunning Nollywood, Hugo's latest work, Permanent Error, portrays the people, animals and landscape of a dumping ground for computers and electronic waste from Europe and the US. The area, on the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, in Ghana, is a shocking contrast to the better faster shinier life promised by the unrelenting advances of technology."
teachnology  permanenterror  photography  waste  e-waste  electronics  consumerism  sustainability  us  europe  africa  ghana  pieterhugo  wmmna  from delicious
october 2010 by robertogreco
EscueLab - OLPC
"Through a partnership of ATA and the Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands), the EscueLab space/project is beeing supported for the next three years.<br />
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The mission of EscueLab is to provide a space/infrastructure that has been missing for young researchers/artists of the Andean Region to develop projects bridging the gap between technology & society.<br />
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Our interests span over a wide range of subjects related to technology appropiation, artistic & technological practices, technology in education, technology recycling, among others...<br />
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The planned activities of EscueLab include conference hosting, open workshops, project incubation, & a creators-in-residence program.<br />
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The infrastructure provided by EscueLab for those activities includes:<br />
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*three rooms for conference hosting,<br />
*a hardware hack lab & warehouse,<br />
*one PC lab, for programming workshops<br />
*communications lab for video documentation of activities.<br />
*dorms, kitchen & ateliers for up to eight creators in residence."
escuelab  perú  olpc  medialab  creativity  electronics  art  technology  edtech  e-learning  education  elearning  society  lima  lcproject  schools  schooling  unschooling  deschooling  projectbasedlearning  multidisciplinary  transdisciplinary  crossdisciplinary  crosspollination  invention  innovation  hackerspaces  hackerculture  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
www.escuelab.org | creatividad, tecnología y sociedad
"No hay cultura sin cambio y no hay cambio sin experimento e innovación. Escuelab es un espacio en el centro de una capital latinoamericana que busca incentivar a creadores, teóricos y activistas jóvenes a proyectar sus ideas, nacidas del presente, para diseñar y construir futuros posibles en los que con imaginación se abordará la brecha entre tecnología y sociedad.<br />
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Escuelab ofrece un concepto de estudios dinámico y modular, enfocado al emprendimiento de proyectos, donde se integran disciplinas que suelen desarrollarse aisladamente. Esta línea de acción facilita el conocimiento transdisciplinario en los campos del arte, ciencia, tecnología y nuevos medios fuera de las clasificaciones habituales y las divisiones convencionales."
escuelab  perú  olpc  medialab  creativity  electronics  art  technology  edtech  e-learning  education  elearning  society  lima  lcproject  schools  schooling  unschooling  deschooling  projectbasedlearning  multidisciplinary  transdisciplinary  crossdisciplinary  crosspollination  invention  innovation  hackerspaces  hackerculture  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) - Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki [see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSP430]
"The LaunchPad is an easy-to-use, affordable, and scalable introduction to the world of microcontrollers and the MSP430 family.<br />
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Easy-to-use – LaunchPad includes all of the hardware and software needed to get started. Open source projects and code examples help users get up and running quickly.<br />
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Affordable – For $4.30, the LaunchPad includes a development board, 2 programmable MSP430 microcontrollers, mini-USB cable, PCB connectors for expandability, external crystal for increased clock accuracy, and free & downloadable software integrated development environments (IDEs) – everything you need to get started today.<br />
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Scalable – The LaunchPad is a simple introduction to the MSP430 microcontroller family. As application requirements change, programs developed on the LaunchPad can be migrated to higher end MSP430 devices." [via: http://hackaday.com/2010/06/22/ti-makes-a-big-bid-for-the-hobby-market/]
microcontrollers  texasinstruments  ti  msp430  arduino  usb  opensource  electronics  hacking  diy  hardware  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) - Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki [see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSP430]
"The LaunchPad is an easy-to-use, affordable, and scalable introduction to the world of microcontrollers and the MSP430 family.

Easy-to-use – LaunchPad includes all of the hardware and software needed to get started. Open source projects and code examples help users get up and running quickly.

Affordable – For $4.30, the LaunchPad includes a development board, 2 programmable MSP430 microcontrollers, mini-USB cable, PCB connectors for expandability, external crystal for increased clock accuracy, and free & downloadable software integrated development environments (IDEs) – everything you need to get started today.

Scalable – The LaunchPad is a simple introduction to the MSP430 microcontroller family. As application requirements change, programs developed on the LaunchPad can be migrated to higher end MSP430 devices." [via: http://hackaday.com/2010/06/22/ti-makes-a-big-bid-for-the-hobby-market/]
microcontrollers  texasinstruments  ti  msp430  arduino  usb  opensource  electronics  hacking  diy  hardware 
august 2010 by robertogreco
GearBox Inc. [via: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/10716/gearbox-ball.html]
"Gearbox is a Boulder based startup that works with consumer electronics companies and developers to bring phone controlled open devices to market."
electronics  android  arduino  toys  edg  microcontrollers  mobile  phones  glvo  projectideas  gearbox 
august 2010 by robertogreco
Modkit [I would love to have an invite for this.]
"Modkit is an in-browser graphical programming environment for little devices called embedded systems. Modkit can currently program Arduino and Arduino compatible hardware using simple graphical blocks similar to and heavily inspired by the Scratch programming environment developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab."
edg  arg  arduino  scratch  programming  coding  processing  physicalcomputing  automation  embedded  hardware  electronics  education  diy  toshare 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Crash Space
"Crash Space is a hackerspace in Los Angeles, and is part of the growing global hackerspace movement. We are a collection of hackers, programmers, builders, makers, artists and people who generally like to break things and see what new things we can build with the pieces. We meet regularly at our physical location in Culver City.
losangeles  hackerspaces  hackercollective  lcproject  hackers  make  diy  arduino  seanbonner  electronics  hacking  space  socal  sandiego 
february 2010 by robertogreco
e-waste survey
"Do you have any obsolete electronics that you remade or redesigned for different purpose of use than originally designed?
diy  make  electronics  creative  remade 
february 2010 by robertogreco
yarel yair: sahara hat
"sahara hats are a popular must have for sun protection during travel adventures. unlike conventional travel hats, this head gear designed by yarel yair is equipped with two small, quiet electric fans to support the ventilation of air. the form of the hat consists of a wide brim to additionally shield against the sun's harmful rays."
glvo  travel  clothing  design  electronics  gadgets  sun  wearable 
january 2010 by robertogreco
Natural Fuse : home / map
"Natural Fuse creates a city-wide network of electronically-assisted plants that act both as energy providers and as circuit breakers.
usmanhaque  design  art  science  community  green  electronics  sensors  plants  city  network  carbon  situated  energy 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis - WSJ.com
"American tradition of tinkering...is making comeback, boosted by renewed interest in hands-on work amid economic crisis & falling prices of high-tech tools & materials...Engineering schools across country report students are showing an enthusiasm for hands-on work that hasn't been seen in years. Workshops for people to share tools & ideas -"hackerspaces"- are popping up all over country...124 in US...up from a handful at the start of last year. SparkFun...expects sales of about $10 million this year, up from $6 million in 2008. "Make" mag...has grown from 22,000 subscribers in 2005 to > 100,000 now...annual "Maker Faire"...attracted 75,000 people this year. "We've had this merging of DIY with technology," says Bre Pettis..."I'm calling it Industrial Revolution 2."...Hands-on is catching on at other schools...27% more undergrads earned mechanical-engineering degrees in 2008 than 2003...[while] # of computer-engineering graduates slipped by 31%."
hacking  tinkering  diy  make  making  doing  tcsnmy  lcproject  hackerspaces  trends  handson  2009  engineering  arduino  makemagazine  sparkfun  education  universities  colleges  learning  manufacturing  fabbing  electronics 
november 2009 by robertogreco
Sketching in Hardware is Changing Your Life, by Fabricio Dore - Core77
"Designers should be spending more time creating variations of experiences and running those through users instead of reassembling the building blocks...Reinventing the wheel is not exactly how we should spend our precious time."
interactiondesign  prototyping  physicalcomputing  arduino  hardware  innovation  research  design  microcontrollers  ideo  sketching  interaction  core77  engineering  ux  electronics 
october 2009 by robertogreco
James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery | vanityfair.com
"Pity the culture snob, as Kindles, iPods, and flash drives swallow up the visible markers of superior taste and intelligence. With the digitization of books, music, and movies, how will the highbrow distinguish him- or herself from the masses?"
kindle  electronics  ipod  technology  culture  books  snobbery  posturing  publishing  conspicuousconsumption  marketing  media 
july 2009 by robertogreco
SIM reader & Comic book - Citizen Engineer Volume 01 - $35.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
"Our video Citizen Engineer volume 01 is now a comic book/zine! Volume 01 of Citizen Engineer is available as a limited edition full color 32 page comic "SIM CARD HACKING" - the comic also comes with a SIM card reader kit! We print, trim and assemble each one on demand and they look amazing! We are doing a limited run of these, get the first printing at Adafruit Industries. "
simcards  sim  hardware  electronics  make  fiy  comics  adafruit  hacking  gsm  mobile  phones  cloning 
july 2009 by robertogreco
NETLab Toolkit - NETLab
"The NETLab Toolkit is a free set of software tools that enable designers to easily "sketch in hardware". With no programming at all and working in the familiar environment of Flash, designers can hook up a physical sensor (e.g. a knob) and immediately get that knob to control a motor or a video projection. The toolkit works with a wide range of sensors, wireless sensors, input from the Wii Remote, controls motors and LEDs, communicates with MIDI devices, controls sound, graphics, and video in Flash, and communicates with DMX computer controlled lighting equipment, all with a simple drag-and-drop interface (of course, programming hooks are provided as well)."
physicalcomputing  arduino  processing  flash  prototyping  sensors  electronics  hardware  computing  diy  interface  tools  technology  development  programming  design  netlab  microcontrollers 
july 2009 by robertogreco
Make: Online : How-To: Robot voice modulator
"This is a simple to build device that converts your own human voice into a superior robot voice. It also includes a number of sweet features like an audio-in jack so that you can plug in all of your favorite instruments, microphones and music players, a vibrato mode and awesome pitch shifting buttons. It can be shifted two whole octaves in either direction. This provides for endless hours of fun (at the expense of everyone around you)."
make  summerprojects  edg  electronics 
june 2009 by robertogreco
El sonido como materia
"taller experimental de manualidades electrónicas* para arte sonoro / Curso de Educación Continua de la facultad de artes de la Universidad Javeriana"
blogs  electronics  colombia  music  sound  microcontrollers  art 
june 2009 by robertogreco
Lowtech Sensors and Actuators
"This report describes the results of a collaborative research project to develop a suite of low-tech sensors and actuators that might be useful for artists and architects working with interactive environments. With this project we hoped to consolidate a number of different approaches we had found ourselves taking in our own work and develop both a "kit-of-parts" and a more conceptual framework for producing such works."
edg  make  art  howto  diy  electronics  toys  hardware  tutorial  robotics  sensors  hacking  arduino  physicalcomputing  computing  hacks  technology  opensource  programming  interface  lowtech  usmanhaque 
may 2009 by robertogreco
Get Great Gadgets. And Keep Them. - Last Year's Model
"We love cool gadgets as much as anybody else. We just want to be thoughtful about the stuff we've bought. Even the most cutting-edge, tech-savvy geeks in the world are choosing to hang on to their phones or their iPods that still work just fine."
gadgets  technology  environment  frugality  consumerism  sustainability  electronics  reuse  culture  green  possessions 
may 2009 by robertogreco
Make: Online : Relay control with Xbee modules
"In this adafruit video, Limor demonstrates how to set up Xbee modules to wirelessly control both standard-type and latching relays."
xbee  adafruit  electronics  howto  relays 
april 2009 by robertogreco
Tom Taylor : Projects : Microprinter
"The microprinter is an experiment in physical activity streams and notification, using a repurposed receipt printer connected to the web.
microprinter  printing  make  arduino  diy  howto  hardware  art  papercamp  print  paper  electronics  hacking  projectideas  glvo 
april 2009 by robertogreco
:: Material Beliefs ::
"Material Beliefs takes emerging biomedical and cybernetic technology out of labs and into public spaces.
tobiekerridge  design  technology  art  future  science  materialbeliefs  interactiondesign  collaboration  research  engineering  electronics  cybernetics  biology  body  biomedical  publicengagement  tcsnmy  biojewelery 
february 2009 by robertogreco
The City Is Here: Table of contents « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
"Only by reckoning w/ these constraints & limitations will we formulate robust urbanist practice for 21st century, Newer Urbanism capable of fully embracing potential of networked informatic technologies while turning them to our own various ends...will require a new way of conceiving of public objects as informational utilities…new agreements regarding use of public space…& perhaps even new conception of practice of citizenship. None of these strategies will be sufficient on its own...list is far from comprehensive...successfully managing challenges of networked city will mean understanding it not just as an ecosystem but as single conjoined process unfolding in time...deeply seamful process, presenting all who encounter it with million gleaming hinges: apertures allowing you to reach in, withdraw useful intelligence, tweak its performance to your own...necessities, or plug its outputs as inputs into yet other running processes. Now, as never before, the city is here for you to use."
adamgreenfield  internetofthings  everyware  urban  urbanism  books  thecityishereforyoutouse  networked  ecosystems  disruption  network  electronics  ubicomp  space  design  technology  architecture  future  cities  environment  place  spimes 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Requested Reading Recommendations — School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design
"Upon the request of readers, we asked faculty to recommend books for an interaction design reading list. These could be landmark texts, underdogs, or critical reads, or stepping stones to other fields. The following is what resulted from our request, comprising in part: a sneak preview of what will be assigned in courses; what some consider to be cornerstone interaction design texts; and what some consider important connections to other fields."
via:kottke  books  reading  design  interactiondesign  usability  ux  webdesign  ui  mfa  interaction  interface  interactive  learning  education  culture  art  web  microcontrollers  electronics  arduino  information  informationdesign  visualization 
february 2009 by robertogreco
The Long Tail - Wired Blogs
"as sometimes happens, I got obsessed, while he moved on to other things. In the past two years, I've made cellphone UAVs, Basic Stamp UAVs, autonomous blimps, and a true gyros+acellerometers+GPS autopilot version of the Lego Mindstorms UAV that's now in the Lego Museum in Billund, Denmark. We set up an amateur UAV community at DIYDrones.com, and get thousands of people each day exploring this new dimension of aerial robotics. Now this project has gone pro. Our first commercial autopilot, the Arduino-compatible ArduPilot, has been released and our goal of taking an order or two of magnitude out of the cost of an autopilot has been achieved: it's $24.95!"
lego  arduino  chrisanderson  uav  autopilot  electronics  microcontrollers  howto  hardware  surveillance  diy  make  gadgets  drones 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Tinkerkit: a physical computing toolkit for designers: Main/Home Page
"TinkerKit is an Arduino-compatible physical computing prototyping toolkit aimed at design professionals.
via:preoccupations  tinkerkit  arduino  microcontrollers  design  diy  hacking  sensors  electronics  hardware  prototyping  embedded  physcomp  tinker.it 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Near Future Laboratory » Interactivos - Medialab-Prado
"It should not be a surprise that smart people with the will to create new things are doing so. They may have always been, but the networks allow them to find their fellow explorers, share knowledge, encourage one another, learn the bits they need to know — all in their garage, with a bit of kit found on Ebay, low cost equipment and computers and microcontrollers, etc. This is quite a new thing, and is plainly a weak signal of a shift in who plays what part in the production and circulation of ideas. It’s a new knowledge-culture we’re in."
julianbleecker  knowledge  culture  learning  innovation  education  prototyping  electronics  microcontrollers  arduino  computers  technology  tcsnmy  unschooling  deschooling  curiosity  creativity  autodidacts 
february 2009 by robertogreco
Collaborative Play: Improving the World by Making Fun Stuff with Smart People: ETech 2009
"By building non-traditional communities in cities where it is notoriously difficult to build any community, hackers are demonstrating the future of social organization. It’s fun! While we secretly figure out how to make our lives in the city more functional and satisfying, we learn and share and make things. We play. Everyone can play. This talk is your invitation!"
rosewhite  nycresistor  hackercollective  make  diy  communities  families  cities  urban  sharing  collaborative  tinkering  electronics  hacking  learning  lcproject  etech  2009 
january 2009 by robertogreco
yorozu audio sound revolution kit
"using the yorozu audio sound revolution kit you can create instant speakers from paper, boxes, posters, cartons..basically any flat surface. users simply have to place the vibrating extension of the kit onto a flat surface with the included adhesive sheets, plug in the audio source and let the music begin."
electronics  diy  music  audio  speakers  gadgets 
january 2009 by robertogreco
TechShop is the SF Bay Area's Only Open-Access Public Workshop
"TechShop is a 15,000 square-foot membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a creative and supportive community of like-minded people so you can build the things you have always wanted to make.
sanfrancisco  lcproject  fabrication  robotics  electronics  workshop  bayarea  techshop  machineproject  diy  projects  community  technology  education  howto  make  classes 
january 2009 by robertogreco
YouTube - GOOD: Animal Superpowers
"Artists Kenichi Okada and Chris Woebken have created three devices designed to give children a chance to experience heightened animal senses. For example, their Bird Device consists of a GPS that vibrates when oriented towards home, simulating the instincts of migratory fowl."
via:javierarbona  glvo  animals  electronics  senses  sight  ants  giraffes  birds  nature  interaction  design  wearable 
december 2008 by robertogreco
MAKE: Blog: Holiday Gift Guide: Robots!
"For our MAKE Robot Gift Guide, we've put together a sampling of robot-related offerings from the Maker Shed, as well as some other robots we fancy. If you give or get any of these bots for the holidays, or especially if you or your recipients, hack them, we'd love to hear about it."
robots  robotics  edg  gifts  make  electronics  diy 
december 2008 by robertogreco
Welcome to EduWear » What’s EduWear? [via: http://blog.neo-nomad.net/eduwear/1156/]
"EduWear aims at contributing to the reduction of inhibiting factors by employing an approach rooted both in education and in ICT development. The objective is to develop an educational low-cost construction kit for wearable and tangible interfaces.
design  wearable  children  tcsnmy  classideas  arduino  hardware  electronics  software  textiles  glvo  edg  srg  education 
december 2008 by robertogreco
MAKE: Blog: Open source hardware 2008 - The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2008
"What is open source hardware? Briefly, these are projects that creators have decided to completely publish all the source, schematics, firmware, software, bill of materials, parts list, drawings and "board" files to recreate the hardware - they also allow any use, including commercial. Similar to open source hardware like Linux, but hardware centric. ... You can also call this guide... "The Open source hardware gift guide - The one and only, 3rd annual celebration of open source hardware!" - we think these are some of the best things to consider for the holidays and it supports an exciting development in hardware design."
howto  reference  electronics  arduino  microcontrollers  opensource  projects  make  diy  hardware  open  embedded  hacking  gifts  edg 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB) - kit
"A great kit that includes everything you need to begin experimenting with robots, Arduino micro-controllers and open source hardware. All carefully packaged and nicely presented."
arduino  robots  robotics  edg  make  electronics  microcontrollers  via:reas 
november 2008 by robertogreco
MAKE: Blog: Arduino Gift Guide!
"The Arduino open-source microcontroller platform can be programmed and equipped to perform a nearly endless list of functions. It's likely the best all-around centerpiece to a modern electronics project. But one of the tasks Arduino is best used for is straight-up fun - the open design means there's an Arduino board suitable for almost any project, and a wealth of add-on "shields" extends its abilities with ease."
glvo  arduino  edg  microcontrollers  processing  diy  make  electronics  gifts  hardware 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Thames & Kosmos Electronics Workshop 1 | Wired.com Product Reviews
"Wish your child could grow up to be a 1337 hacker or belle of the Maker Faire? There's no better way to set them up for a life of schoolyard taunts and ultimate IPO riches than a supercool electronics kit. This clever update on a classic educational toy comes with a 68-page manual that reads like a science fiction novel. Kids (10 and up) follow the story of a young robot on a giant space station and help him by building things the colony needs. The sequence of 148 projects starts with simple circuits, like one that controls an LED, and graduates to devices like alarms, radios, and synthesizers, illustrating basic concepts along the way. When they finally create their first duo-transistor NAND gate (the cornerstone of all things digital), budding propellerheads are awarded the rank of Space Electronics Assistant First Class. The kit makes technology fun and inspires youngsters to build their dreams."
electronics  edg  children  learning 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Sparkle Labs DIY Design Electronics Kit
"Harness the power of the electron! Create games, toys, and contraptions with these fundamental components. Follow the easy instructions to make a light detector, LED flasher, noisemaker and more! Once you master the basics, you'll be ready to create your own! Everything you need to get started is right in the box, including switches, buttons, diodes, capacitors. transistors and regulators. Learn the amazing concepts of resistance, capacitance, voltage and current with the step-by-step project manual. Soon, you will be the electronics wizard! Great introduction to electronics for all ages. By Sparkle Labs."
make  diy  electronics  education  learning  edg  srg  engineering  gifts  tinkering 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Botanicalls
"Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species understanding.
adafruit  technology  biology  diy  gadgets  plants  arduino  gardening  twitter  mobile  electronics  communication  software  sensors  microcontrollers 
november 2008 by robertogreco
Meggy Jr RGB
"Meggy Jr RGB is a handheld platform for developing your own pixel-scale video games.
gaming  electronics  edg  make  programming  arduino  hacking  games  development  processing  education  technology  gifts 
november 2008 by robertogreco
DIY Drones
"This is a site for all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): How-to's, videos, discussion and more."
drones  diy  electronics  arduino  hardware  hacks  robots  aviation  airplanes  robotics  opensource  aircraft 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Chris O'Shea - Audience
"Audience, conceived by rAndom International, is an installation consisting of around 64 head-size mirror objects. Each object moves its head in a particular way to give it different characteristics of human behaviour. Some chat amongst themselves, some shy away and others confidently move to grab your attention." Forgot to bookmark this after posting the video: http://robertogreco.tumblr.com/post/55546217/chris-osheas-audience-project-is-a-group-of
electronics  attention  mirrors  chrososhea  openframeworks  installation  art  creativity  glvo  interactive  interaction  tracking 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Wtf: Daito Wanabe Electroshocks His Face to Create the Best Visualizer Ever
"Sure, iTunes' new visualizer is pretty, but you can't compete with the visceral, hypnotizing weirdness of Daito Manabe's facial electric stimulus. He tapes electric stimulators, looking like the same type used for electroshock therapy, to his face, and syncs them with his music so his involuntary facial contortions match up with the tune. Shots of the machine he used after the jump."
daitowanabe  music  faces  gadgets  electronics  visualization 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work?
"50,000 Arduino units have been sold worldwide since mass production began two years ago. Those are small numbers by Intel standards but large for a startup outfit in a highly specialized market. What's really remarkable, though, is Arduino's business model: The team has created a company based on giving everything away. On its Web site, it posts all its trade secrets for anyone to take—all the schematics, design files, and software for the Arduino board. Download them and you can manufacture an Arduino yourself; there are no patents. You can send the plans off to a Chinese factory, mass-produce the circuit boards, and sell them yourself — pocketing the profit without paying Banzi a penny in royalties. He won't sue you. Actually, he's sort of hoping you'll do it."
arduino  opensource  clivethompson  entrepreneurship  hardware  technology  diy  openhardware  microcontrollers  electronics  adafruit  wrt54g 
october 2008 by robertogreco
DesignPhiladelphia 2008: The Hacktory - Core77
"Have you ever wanted to learn how to control Ardunio, weave conductive thread, create a GPS tagging device, or print on Fab@Home? If the answer is yes, then you might be interested in The Hacktory. Tucked away on a side street just north of Philadelphia's city hall, The Hacktory is a non-profit community work space with a group of hackers, tweekers, and geekers on a mission to spread the use of technology in art. They offer a variety of courses, shared equipment, material exchanges, and events that make it easy for anyone to start tinkering."
lcproject  hacking  make  machineproject  philadelphia  nonprofit  technology  art  electronics 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Nueva normativa de aduanas en Chile facilita ingreso de productos tecnológicos - FayerWayer
"El Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile desde el 30 de septiembre actualizó lo que considera “equipaje” y ahora se pueden entrar “computadores nuevos y usados” sin mayores problemas."
chile  travel  law  electronics  aduanas  customs 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Getting Started with Arduino | O'Reilly Media
"This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that's taking the design and hobbyist world by storm. Getting Started with Arduino gives you lots of ideas for projects and helps you get going on them right away. To use the introductory examples in this book, all you need is a USB Arduino, USB A-B cable, and an LED. This 128-page book is a greatly expanded follow-up to the author's original short PDF that's available on the Arduino website."
edg  arduino  books  microcontrollers  howto  electronics  oreilly 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Arduino Starter Kit
"Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It's an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board. Arduino is open source!
arduino  edg  electronics  processing  microcontrollers  physicalcomputing  hardware  gifts 
october 2008 by robertogreco
Pulse Laser: Adaptive interfaces
"Steven Chapman has created a way to control his DSLR camera with a custom interface on his Nintendo DS....The power of adaptation. Imagine Canon had meant for this to happen. Imagine they had an App Store to allow people to share and to build businesses around this kind of activity. Users are in a better position than designers to discover better products and experiences and, increasingly, better positioned to create them too. (Of course the best situation is that designers are also users… which is surprisingly often not the case.) Adaptive design is not just an approach but an opportunity."
mattwebb  electronics  customization  ds  canon  photography  interface  usergenerated  adaptation  schulzeandwebb  berg  berglondon 
september 2008 by robertogreco
7 Cool Robots for Geek Kids and Dads | Geekdad from Wired.com
"So here's my first look into the world of low cost robots. I should disclose that while I have purchased from some of these companies, I have not yet purchased or assembled any of these kits. I do plan to soon."
tcsnmy  robots  electronics  robotics  make 
september 2008 by robertogreco
Arduino - ArduinoXbeeShield
"The Xbee shield allows an Arduino board to communicate wirelessly using Zigbee. It is based on the Xbee module from MaxStream. The module can communicate up to 100 feet indoors or 300 feet outdoors (with line-of-sight)."
arduino  diy  electronics  xbee  zigbee  tutorial  programming  reference  microcontrollers  wireless  hardware  networks  edg 
july 2008 by robertogreco
MAKE: Blog: More Zach DeBord Pummers
"Zach DeBord, who did the bots and photos in my Pummer, Dude! piece in MAKE Volume 08, and collab'd with me on the Vibrobots and Solar Roller pieces for Street Tech, has posted a bunch of new pics of his Pummers on his Flickr sets."
make  robots  electronics  projects  classideas  edg 
july 2008 by robertogreco
MAKE: Blog: WiiChuck control of 3D Studio Max
"Using Processing, Midi Yoke, Ableton Live and 3D Studio Max Motion Capture Controller, I was able to transmit movement from the WiiChuck to 3D Studio Max via MIDI."
make  electronics  arduino  processing  wiimote 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Interactivos? workshop: Interview with Simone Jones and Alvaro Cassinelli - we make money not art
"Learning is more of a "cut and paste" experience than a cumulative one. This is extremely interesting and challenging for educators who design curriculum with specific "learning outcomes" that are derived from a cumulative process of knowledge acquisitio
opensource  electronics  learning  education  wmmna  lcproject  microcontrollers  processing  arduino  classideas  schools  curriculum 
july 2008 by robertogreco
ale meine klänge by PKNTS
"'ale meine klänge' (all my sounds) by PKNTS is a modular sampling system / sound toy designed for young children. different sounds from the accompanying software are digitally transfered to an individual block (one sound per block). the blocks can then
children  music  electronics  toys  sound 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Machine Collective reveals modular prototyping platform - Engadget
"Machine Collective has just launched a website to showcase its modular prototyping platform, which essentially consists of a number of interchangeable I/O modules "designed to work with development platforms such as Arduino and Wiring.""
arduino  electronics  microcontrollers  hardware  prototyping  hacks  diy  make 
july 2008 by robertogreco
Arduino Class at Studio Bricolage | Geekdad from Wired.com
"Part of the burgeoning movement toward hacker collectives and maker spaces, Leonardo's Basement began as an independent program teaching geeky and crafty classes to kids. Pretty soon, envious parents began demanding their own group!"
arduino  electronics  computing  hacking  hardware  microcontrollers 
june 2008 by robertogreco
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