Ok, I think we posted up a good chunk of the projects from NYU's ITP show - it's one of the few events where you can actually see some of the building blocks we cover @ MAKE taken to the extremes when tech-artists do projects, Tom Igoe (author of Making Things Talk) is an instructor @ ITP so there were a lot of new ...

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Ever wondered how the Arduino would fair as a keyboard synthesizer? Wonder no more - the Pocket Piano kit from Critter and Guitari proves Arduino can sine and saw quite ...

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The naked pixel is a pretty LCD panel, but it's actually doing quite a bit more... The maker writes - The Naked Pixel challenges our notion of decency in public arenas by using the entire visual display to represent ind...

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This project by artist Mike Rea is called "Suit for Stephen Hawking" and shows off this artist / maker's exceptional wood making skills. Check out the links below for everything fr...

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Lockwasher's motor art via Land-o-links. Pictured here, the alumarocket car sculpture... Welcome to the 22nd century, or should that be the 4th dimension (I always get those two confused) either way your ready to blast off in our ...

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Here's a video of the OLPC running XP, it's from Microsoft - looks like the OLPC might be a win based system now via Engadget - post up in the comments with your opinio...

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I like the idea of using an EL panel for picture illumination, and I have another use for it. I need to take pictures of glass for an upcoming project and this would be...

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Every office should have a Ping Pong door. Although productivity would go down by at least 80% once this door is installed. No word on price yet, but this should be a fairly...

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The Make:Way team finished 33rd out of 97th! The team posted up race details (and more). We did it. Team Make:Way finished the 2008 24 Hours of Lemons race at Altamont raceway. That was our original go...

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This isn't much of a looker, but it should save you from those high gas prices. Although your next concern would be high coffee prices! I wonder what the neighborhood w...

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