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  • Littlebits holiday kits for DIY hackers

    LittleBits Releases Holiday Kit, Encourages More DIY Hardware Hacking Alexandra Chang, wired.com Open source hard­ware com­pa­ny lit­tleBits has released its Hol­i­day Kit and launched a cam­paign to encour­age peo­ple to build their own projects dur­ing the consumption-heavy hol­i­day sea­son. http://flpbd.it/fAU5t Related articles The Problem-Solving Electronic Toys You Want Your Kids To Play With (fastcompany.com) Ayah…

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  • Ikea concrete base lamp hack

    IKEA Hack: How to Make an Industrial Concrete Base Lamp curbly.com When I came across this light­ing project, I did a dou­ble take because I could hard­ly believe it was a DIY. It is so well done, the fin­ished project looked more like some­thing I could buy than some­thing I could make on my own.…

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  • Open structures parts kit lets you make anything from scratch

    An Open-Source Kit Of Parts, For Making Any Gadget From Scratch By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At the Istanbul Bienal, designers used the OpenStructures system to build toasters, sleds, and vacuum cleaners from scratch. The move towards DIY dig­i­tal fabrication—from Maker­Bot to Fab@Home—is an undoubt­ed­ly great devel­op­ment for… http://flpbd.it/fOuI4 Related articles Dyson dc24 animal compact upright…

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  • Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets

    Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets By Michael Colombo, makezine.com At the same time, the name of the piece, Forêt (trans­lat­ed to “For­est”) harkens to the mate­r­i­al ori­gins of the pal­lets them­selves. As the user sits in the mid­dle of the struc­ture, light pass­es through the slats much like the sun… http://flpbd.it/M7cNm Related articles…

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  • Biohackers And DIY Cyborgs

    Biohackers And DIY Cyborgs Clone Silicon Valley Innovation By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com A new breed of hobbyists, scientists, and entrepreneurs are working on echolocation implants, brain-controlled software programs, and even cybernetic rats. Their experiments will change the future of tech. In base­ments, garages, start­up spaces… http://flpbd.it/mU8hs Related articles Biohacking: You Can Do It, Too (ecology.com)…

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  • China’s DIY Culture

    China’s DIY Culture By Clay Dillow, popsci.com Home Depot is closing its last seven big-box stores in China, citing a lack of a DIY ethos among the Chinese. But while sales may be flat, China’s maker culture still thrives. Have YOU ever built yourself a helicopter? Over the week­end, the Wal… http://flpbd.it/LeyW0 Related articles How…

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  • Roll Your Own DIY Security System

    Roll Your Own DIY Security System This Weekend Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Your home is a place you want to keep secure, but get­ting all the high-end secu­ri­ty gad­gets and ser­vices avail­able to help you do that is a pricey endeav­or. This week­end, roll your own DIY secu­ri­ty sys­tem. It’s more fun and it’ll save y……

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  • Do-It-Yourself Civilization in Hackerspace

      Do-It-Yourself Civilization in Hackerspace.gr     By John Baichtal, makezine.com   Sounds way cool!   Coming Sunday, September the 2nd, we are going to take a look at the basics of life through the eye of the hexayurt project‘s creator Vinay Gupta that will visit hackerspace.gr. Hexayurt is an open hardware house built in…

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  • Maker Faire: DIY heaven

    Maker Faire – Make Faire Bay Area 2012 May 19th & 20th. Related articles Get free tickets to Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend from Craftside (craftside.typepad.com) Maker Faire ticket winners and Make Ready Journal giveaways in our booth #220 (craftside.typepad.com) Connecticut: 3D Printers Turn Library Into Place of Dreams (infodocket.com) MAKE Honored by the…

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  • $100 DIY Shelter for disaster relief and home grown civilization

    $100 DIY Shelter Could Help Homeless Haitians | Wired Science | Wired.com. Related articles Apocalypse Not: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry About End Times | Wired Science | Wired.com (faktensucher.wordpress.com) 5 Burning Man Projects Changing the Real World (shareable.net) Hexayurt’s Vinay Gupta at the Athens Hackerspace (makezine.com) Do-It-Yourself Civilization in Hackerspace.gr (makezine.com) Semantic Responses to…

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  • MakerMedia: DIY Projects, Inspiration, How-tos, Hacks, Mods & More

    DIY Projects, Inspiration, How-tos, Hacks, Mods & More @ Makezine.com – Tweak Technology to Your Will. Related articles Brags! What DIY Project Are You Most Proud Of? (apartmenttherapy.com) 5 Pinterest Boards For Awesome Home DIY Inspirations (benway.net) Hire a contractor vs DIY to add a room to your home (qualitysmith.com) 30 Awesome DIY Ideas (demilked.com)

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  • MakerBot Industries: DIY rapid prototyping, design and manufacturing

    MakerBot Industries. Related articles MakerBot Industries co-founder Adam “Phooky”… (rivalanimus.com) 3-D Printers at CES: Can MakerBot Sell a DIY Revolution? (dailyfinance.com) Manufacturing and Prototyping on Your MakerBot Replicator 2 (makerbot.com) Ford and Daimler Embrace 3-D (fool.com) Will the 3D Printing Revolution Produce the Next Apple? (bigthink.com) The shape of things to come: A consumer’s guide…

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