There were dozens of 3D printers at Maker Faire this year, at various price points and with different specialties. But it wasn’t all about 3D printing. Here are 2 other machines for making objects that we found and liked. The Othermill Computer-controlled desktop 3D milling. What does that mean? ...
Maker Faire: Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a very small (Altoids-tin-sized), very inexpensive ($35) computer that uses an open source, free operating system and has been embraced by the DIY/hacker community because of its price and versatility. The Pi was everywhere at Maker Faire this year. Representatives from the ...
Maker Faire: Clubs and Events
The NYC area has lots of maker-type groups and events. Here are some of the ones we learned about at Maker Faire this year. NYC Resistor This shared workspace in Brooklyn offers classes in soldering, Arduino, Python and iOS programming, and more. Hack Manhattan A community hackerspace on 14th ...
Maker Faire: 4 Cool DIY Projects
We went to Maker Faire this weekend, at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. We saw a lot of exciting projects, ideas, and objects; we’ll share those with you over the next few blog posts. Today we’re sharing 4 cool Do-It-Yourself projects we saw at Maker Faire. Sugru This self-setting rubber ...
The best way to read the New York Times digitally
The New York Times has a bewildering panoply of options for reading the paper digitally, including an almost-unknown but very awesome "Replica Edition" in which each page of the daily paper appears exactly as it does in print. (Hat tip to Dan Okrent for telling me about that, as I almost certainly ...
E-Waste Recycling Events This Summer
The Lower East Side Ecology Center just posted a list of new e-waste recycling events for the summer. Here's the list. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm. Brooklyn: Saturday June 14th: St Marks Ave between Underhill and Vanderbilt Ave; Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 11238 Saturday, June 21st: 5th Street, drop off ...