My favorite thing at maker faire, was definitely the Pancake Bot. But since Charlotte already posted about that, I decided to write about these two dancing robots (to Gangnam Style) every 20 minutes. They were pretty good!
Category: Inspiration
Ever inspirational Aaron Horowitz of Sproutel
I have been overstimulated by many gadgets, gizmo’s, ideas, and people today, ultimately haveing a fantastic time at Maker Faire! And although I had some favorites, I didn’t discover the most interesting/inspiring project until my walk to the train and the train ride home.
Meet Aaron and Jerry!
Aaron Horowitz is a very personable, passoinate, and knowledgable fellow. I was lucky enough to meet him on the walk to the train stop, we caught the train and ended up having a very delightful conversation about design for the good. Aaron had attended Maker Faire, and spoke about his most recent endeavor, Jerry the Bear; a tool to help kids through type 1 diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle. Aaron graduated from North Western University in Chicago, creating his own major to tailor to his interest. Him and his business partner Hannah Chung who founded Design for America, an award-winning nationwide network of interdisciplinary student teams and community members using design to create local and social impact relocated to Rhode Island before graduation. There they participated in a program with Beta Spring in launching their project with Jerry the Bear. You can find Aaron still residing in Rhode Island working on interactive toys for children with chronic illnesses at Sproutel.
All of the organizations Aaron mentioned during our conversation are very inspiring! I recommend checking them out! If anyone is interested in Design for America, we could start a chapter!
Brighter than a lucky penny
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Maker Faire Fun!
One of the more interesting projects I saw at Maker Faire was the Key Glove, a wearable, wireless, open-source input device. When wearing the glove, you can type with just one hand, and it’s developed with handicapped users in mind. You can see it in action in this video:
I took quite a few other photos while I was at the Faire, and you can see them all on my Flickr account here.
Maker Faires Most Awesome Machine – The Pancake Bot!
When I visited maker faire I found this awesome pancake maker robot that was built in lego! Whis I could have a huge one installed at home. With the batter included.
Their website is not up and running yet, but you can find it here
Noisy Jelly???
This video is pretty funky! Its super relevant since we’re all learning Arduino and a lot of us are into educational/experiential learning.
Recycled Barrel Planter
Design Sponge is a go-to website for inspiration, design projects, and interior design ideas. It does a great job of posting just enough of each post “above the fold” with all of the project details and how to’s after the jump. This tutorial shows how to turn an old barrel into a stepped planter. It has great photos, especially detail photos of the wood working. The descriptions are short and sweet, except for a few detailed explanations of the wood cutting that are very helpful for inexperienced wood workers.
Handmade Stamps
I Still Love You’s tutorials have wonderful, bright photos and short, easy to follow directions. I really like her tutorial on how to make stamps. She covers just enough of a topic to keep it interesting, without loosing any readers to the length of the blog post. I also love the design of her blog!
Les Twins
This was the video that got me hooked. And these guys are what inspired me to check out gliding tutorials in the first place.
Clothes Pin Lamp
Young House Love has tons of tutorials on all aspects of decorating, clean living and home repair. I chose this tutorial because of how comprehensive it is and its great photos. There’s a good balance of text to photos, and it’s easy to follow. I like how they describe their thought process too and alternative ways to make the lamp. The only downside is that this post is a little long for the final product; they could have gotten the same teaching results with fewer explanations.
cardboard clock
There is something really nice about analog clocks, so I decided to incorporate LED lights to show “seconds” on this clock. I used this to website to set up my LED lights and I used a button to control the lights.
Here’s a quick video of the clock and the process.
And here’s a fun clock that I found on Make website!
