[Sponsor] Three new Limited Edition Mondaine Giant Watches of Switzerland were introduced at Watchismo this week. Check out the perfectly minimal raw steel and anthracite dial follow-ups to the popular 'Giant' collection use the instantly recognizable Swiss Railways clock dial, emulating a time-honored design present in every Swiss train station. The distinct Mondaine design is so easy to read that it serves its purpose at any size, but there is something majestic about these larger, domed-dial giants.
NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters, web video reporters detained, held at gunpoint (photos+video) Nebula Award winners announced Making a shot-glass out of a jawbreaker Cool clothes and styles of Maker Faire attendees When Thomas Edison forced the cats to box 4th grader's automatic cat feeder Maker Faire live video NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters, web video reporters detained, held at gunpoint (photos+video)
By Xeni Jardin on May 20, 2012 12:40 pm Photo: C.S. Muncy "Occupy" movement participants and an array of protest groups are among those gathering in Chicago this wekeend to demonstrate outside the NATO summit. Sunday, protesters are ramping up for the largest demonstration of the weekend. So are police and Homeland Security agents. Today, thousands of demonstrators are marching to the convention center ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 20, 2012 12:14 pm Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Nebula Awards, especially to Jo Walton, who won for her magnificent novel, Among Others (see my review, here). Also congrats to Delia Sherman for her best YA book prize for The Freedom Maze (my review). * Novel Winner: Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) * Novella Winner: "The Man ...
Read in browser Making a shot-glass out of a jawbreaker
By Cory Doctorow on May 20, 2012 08:55 am Last summer, Hifijohn successfully turned a giant jawbreaker on his lathe, making a beautiful, striped and striated shot glass (or egg cup) out of it: "My third attempt at turn a giant jawbreaker. I put some of my guitar playing songs to make the video a little bit more enjoyable." new jawbreaker video (via JWZ)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 20, 2012 01:47 am Earlier today Gareth Branwyn had the idea that we should run an image gallery of the great clothes worn by people who come to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 (taking place now). So Gar and I went out and snapped some photos of folks wearing interesting outfits. We'll post another gallery later, because there are ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 19, 2012 02:51 pm These delightful boxing felines were equipped with miniature boxing gloves and set to brawling by none other than legendary douchebag Thomas Edison, as a means of promoting his newfangled moving picture device in 1894. Thomas Edison - 1894 Boxing cats (Thanks, Isaak!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 19, 2012 01:36 pm Here's Ella Smith at Maker Faire with her Zevrino, an Arduino-powered automatic cat feeder.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 19, 2012 01:30 pm I'm here at Maker Faire in San Mateo. If you aren't one of the 100,000 people here to celebrate The Greatest Show (and tell) on Earth, you can still experience it through our Maker Faire Live site, with five different video feeds. Gareth Branwyn and I will be interviewing makers on the Fishbowl Camera feed. ...
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