RECAP – Make:SF at the Remake Lounge Jan 12th

More action was on hand at the ReMake Lounge last night where we had our second race in the Bristle Bot Grand Prix. All of our racers made a bristle bot.

After testing all the bots developed some interesting refinements including various antenni, motor, and battery locations

Then there were some fast and furious races (or at least [...]

Maker:SF Meetup @ TechLiminal tonight! 7:30pm

Holiday soft circuits and projects demos. Come see cool projects, network with other Bay Area Makers and get feed back on your own projects. Meetup page

Spark Fun Free Day!

On January 7th SparkFun is have a free day. $100 worth of stuff for the first 1000!
Check out the link below for more details.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=305

Cool Tech Art in Berkeley

I wanted to pass this notice on for a cool art exhibit going on at the Berkeley Art Museum (Thanks! Sean).
Ellen Fullman is a local maker, musician, and composer. For this concert, she has stretched metal strings about 100 feet across the Berkeley Art Museum’s largest gallery, and she will play it along with other musicians.
There are a few [...]

Maker Faire Bay Area 2009: Call for Makers

The Maker Faire Bay Area 2009 Call for Makers is now online.
Proposals are due by March 31st.  There is still plenty of time to finish up that project you’ve been working on and submit it to be in the Faire.
As someone who has exhibited at the Maker Faire in past years, I highly recommend it [...]