I went to the Cooper Hewitt Museum recently and played around with the Cooper Hewitt digital Pen that you can borrow free with admission. The Pen lets you "collect" specific images from your visit to look at later. Here's what the Pen looks like (image from Cooper Hewitt site): You just click it ...
Met Museum Makes 375,000 Images Freely Available
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just made over 375,000 images digitally available for download and use under a Creative Commons license. Any images that the Met says are in the public domain are available “for unrestricted use, at no cost.” That means you can use them for personal purposes ...
Apple 5th Ave Store Relocating for Renovations
The Apple Store on 5th Ave and 59th Street is moving to the former FAO Schwartz site (which is on the same block) while the underground store gets renovated. First day in the new temporary location is January 20th. No word on how long the renovations will take -- or on what is being changed! (Photo ...
Apple Store Opening in Williamsburg
An Apple store is set to open in Williamsburg -- the first one in Brooklyn. It opens at 10 am on July 30th. The location is 247 Bedford Avenue, at the corner of North 3rd Street, just 4 blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train stop. It's across the street from the new Whole Foods. So Williamsburg ...
Maker Faire: Works of Art
Some booths at Maker Faire were showing off projects that were a cross between technology and art. Here were our 3 favorites. Popcade This half-scale arcade game console plays any MAME game you want to install on it. Takes up way less room than a full-size console. Cost is ...
Maker Faire: Music Makers
Check out these music items we saw at Maker Faire that are well designed as well as functional. Either one would be a cool gift for the right person. Ototo This British company’s site says “Make music from anything!” and it’s true. Buy their kit which costs about $100 and then you can set up ...