Entries tagged with maker faire - Channel 10

Phil Torrone Explains the Giant Cupcakes

Nic — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Never been to Maker Faire but wondering what all the fuss is/was about?
We challenged Phil Torrone, Senior Editor at Makezine.com, to sum up Maker Faire in 3 minutes and 51 seconds.
Did he succeed!? Check the video.

The Babbage Difference Engine

Nic — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Back in the early 1800’s an English chap by the name of Charles Babbage started toying with the idea of machines that could calculate complex mathematical tables to eliminate the possibility of human error when performing these calculations by hand.

Babbage drew up plans for such a device – the Difference Engine - but never got around to actually building one.

In 1991 the London Science Museum completed a replica of Babbage’s Difference Engine to celebrate the 200 year anniversary of his birth. In 2000 they also built the printer (yes a printer) he designed to complete the project.

Tim Robinson from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California built his own, fully functional, version of the Babbage Difference Engine out of Meccano which he had on display at Maker Faire this year to help promote the museum's Babbage Engine Exhibit which is open now.

Build Your Own Gadgets with Bug Labs

Nic — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:53:00 GMT

Got a great idea for a gadget but don't have access to a silicon fab plant in Taiwan?
Bug Labs allows you to create your own gadgets with modular snap-in components like a digital camera, accelerometer and GPS receiver.
We caught up with the guys from Bug Labs at Maker Faire for a quick overview of what it takes to build the next great gizmo!
More info: http://www.buglabs.net

JD, Nic, and Brian Podcast - Episode 7

brianjo — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT

This week, G. Andrew Duthie joins us to talk about Maker Faire, the Zune 2.5 update, and much, much more...

Links from today's show:

Maker Faire
Big Dog
Big Dog Parody
Ray Kurzweil on the singularity
Zune 2.5 on Channel 10
Zune.net
Zune.net Social
Games for Zune
Alien Agressors
Teched Tweener

JD, Nic, and Brian Podcast - Episode 6

brianjo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:57:00 GMT

In another exciting episode of the podcast named for JD Lewin, JD, Nic, and Brian talk about Windows Vista, Live Mesh, stuff we saw on the Web, JD's sleeping habits, and the popular Asus EEE PC.

Links from today's show:

Maker Faire 2007: Drum Machine

Tina — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:14:00 GMT

Meet Tony from San Francisco state. He built a drum machine that takes a midi signal from a midi device that goes to another device which processes the midi signal. Got it? Yea, better to just watch the video. It's short, but sweet. :)

Maker Faire: Lightning straight to the brain

Laura — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:00 GMT

Back in my college days (last year) nothing inspired me more than a teacher who really got hands on, and especially if they let me electricute them! Well UC Santa Cruz is experimenting with particle physics and taking their findings on the orad to enlighten other schools and excite little pyro's like me. Check out this demonstration of power and electricity from this years Maker Faire. And yes, there's a real live person in that metal suit.

Maker Faire: Bre Pettis gives us...Photo Bot

Laura — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:59:00 GMT

Channel 10 and Bre Pettis (from Make Magazine and imakethings.com) have been dear old buddies from the very beginning. I found the talented boy down at Maker Faire and he shared with us his latest brain child. A robotic pen that does line drawing portraits, of course!

Maker Faire: GreatHouse Labs

Laura — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:18:00 GMT

Walking robots! Fire breathing metallic monsters! Flame shooting motorbikes! And all this just in one mans front yard. Ladies and Gentlemen...I introduce you to Lance from GreatHouse Labs. This is an unbelievable example of what one man can do with some metal scraps, a blow torch, an MP3 player and a whole lot of creativity. I want one!!!

Maker Faire: Pedal Power

Laura — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:34:00 GMT

Have you ever wanted to go for a nice bike ride through the park but you stopped and thought to yourself -"Self, a bicycle ride sounds lovely but gosh darnit I wish there was something I could do to help protect our planets precious energy?" Well...now there is! Check out this video from Maker Faire and see how you too can power your laptop while burning off that cheeseburger.

Maker Faire: Putting a StreetDeck PC into your car

Laura — Mon, 22 May 2006 13:00:00 GMT

Cars, cars, cars. It's all about making your ride custom to your needs. At Maker Faire I met up with Damien Stolarz, author of Car PC Hacks, and he introduced me to the all-in-one mobile electronics package StreetDeck. StreetDeck delivers all the extras you want (GPS, Music, DVD, the works!) and need in your car, so you can go from zero to loaded with one installation. It's pretty sweet...

Links: Decked out car on Flickr, Maker Faire, MP3Car.com(everything you need to do it yourself!), StreetDeck, StreetDeck video on CNET

Mythbusters at Maker Faire!

Laura — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Have you seen Mythbusters on the Discovery channel? Well, it's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. Each week special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on three myths and use modern-day science to show you what's real and what's fiction. I ran into them at Maker Faire for this behind the scenes interview.

Links: Maker Faire, MythBusters, Snopes

CalCars... Taking a Prius Hybrid to 100+ MPG!

Tina — Wed, 10 May 2006 20:00:00 GMT

So Laura heads to Maker Faire and gets indepth information on those ridiculously high gas prices. Okay, well kind of. She talks to the founder of CalCars and learns how they can convert a Toyota Prius so that it can be charged using your household electricity ... power that is a whole lot cheaper than the gas a normal Prius uses to generate all of its electric power. Learn how they make this work, and how much easier it would be for Toyota to make their hybrids work this way in the first place. Enjoy! Oh and Laura's not so bad either.

Links: CalCars, Felix Kramer's Blog (Power, Plugs and People), Maker Faire, Toyota Prius

What is Maker Faire??

Laura — Mon, 01 May 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Join me down in San Mateo, CA as I check out Maker Faire! I chat with Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of Make Magazine, to find out what this event is all about, and I learn about the Maker's Bill of Rights from Mr. Jalopy himself!

Want to see more? No worries, more Maker Faire coverage coming soon!

Links: Dale Dougherty on Wikipedia, Maker Faire, Mr. Jalopy, Owner's Manifesto (Maker's Bill of Rights)