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Maker Faire Update

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We’re having a great time at Maker Faire! We’ve been pretty darned swamped, but did have a little time to get a few pictures. Some of them are in my flickr set, like the one above from early this morning at our display area. We were lucky to have John Maushammer, the maker of the Pong Watch, hang out with us.

One highlight of the day was when the editor of Make: Japan dropped by and brought us a copy with the CandyFab article in it! We also got copies of the brand new Maker’s notebook to play with. There are lots of Maker Faire pictures up on flickr now– check ’em out!.

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Headin’ to Maker Faire!

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The lab staff is busy boxing stuff up for Maker Faire this week, so our publishing schedule will be rather arrhythmic this week as it has historically been during such things. We have a huge backlog of new projects to talk about, and we’ll get a chance when things calm down a bit. We’ll also write up a few reports from the show floor this year.

Coming to Maker Faire? Find us at the southeast corner of the Expo Hall. We look forward to seeing you!

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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and CandyFab at MakerFaire!

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Attention SF Bay Area folks: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and CandyFab are coming to Maker Faire! Space-time coordinates: San Mateo, CA, May 3-4, 2008.

We’ll be there in force with (amongst other things) a tabletop BristleBot Arena and great progress to show off on a lot of our upcoming projects: Next generation interactive LED coffee table panels, the debut of Peggy 2.0, and the brand new design for the CandyFab 5000, all of which we’ll be writing much more about this summer. Find us in the south hall, past the Tesla coils.

Great things are coming to Maker Faire, and you can come visit, get a sneak preview and chat.

We’ll sure hope to see you there. Advance tickets are on sale at a discount through Friday April 25.

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April Fool’s Day Fun

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April Fool’s Day is one of our favorite holidays. Here are couple of contests to help you get in the spirit:

  • April Fool themed art, craft or food at Dabbled. Deadline: 9 pm Eastern April 1, 2008. (We’re helping judge this one!)
  • Prank how-to at Instructables. Deadline: April 13, 2008.

If you happen to be in San Francisco and are looking for a way to celebrate, we recommend the St. Stupid’s Day Parade. Whatever you do, have fun!

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Classic Phone Mod: Wireless Headset and Handset Lifter

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A detailed hacking how-to guide: Modify a classic 80’s desk phone for use with a modern wireless handset and build in an integrated handset lifter.
me[This is a guest project contributed by HiTek LoLife; all-around great guy, friend, neighbor, and reader of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.

A small bit of his handiwork has actually made an appearance here before and his fine stock ’94 Toyota shortbed has been known to transport the CandyFab 4000 from time to time.

Big thanks for submitting this great project and special bonus points for his fine graphic that reminds you exactly where your world is being delivered! –Windell ]

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Non-Megnatic Tweezers

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Non-megnaticOn our recent trip to the Electronics Flea Market we got a very nice pair of tweezers. There are tons of great cheap tools at the flea market, and these are no exception. Superfine tips and a nice black coating were a couple of the features that drew us to this particular pair. However, there was one characteristic that we could not resist: they are beautifully labeled “Non-Megnatic.” Seeing this enigmatic label gives me joy every time I use them. Feel free to post in the comments what you think the fantastic word “Megnatic” ought to mean.

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