Johnathan Guberman of Toronto's Site 3 coLaboratory hackerspace wrote in to share his Automatypewriter project: Introducing the Automatypewriter, a new way to experience interactive fiction! It's still a little rough around the edges (in particular, you can see that the spacebar sticks a little, and the whole thing needs to be tidied up), but you get the idea: the Automatypewriter is a typewriter that can type on its own, as well as detect what you type on it. By reading what it types to you and responding, it can be used interactively to play a game or participate in a story (in this case, Zork). See the project page for technical details. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arduino | Digg this! 
Uwe and Chris Oehler of Guelph, ON, built this 5' Dalek costume, basing their initial design on the "official" blueprints found on Make: Online. My son and I make a Halloween costume each year. In the past he's been such things as an astronaut, a steam punk robot, a kid with a fish eating his head, and in 2009 Boba Fett. This year we tried for our most ambitious costume yet; a DALEK from the popular TV series "Dr Who".
Halloween costumes only have to last a few days so I've always been one to build using the cheapest materials I can find. Usually this means using discarded cardboard boxes, some acrylic or spray paint, and a roll of tape. This year we splurged and added styrofoam balls and some caster wheels.
The DALEK stands about 5' tall and fits my 11 year old son well. Standing inside he can easily peer through the vision slots we cut into the bottom of the domed head. Building stuff for Halloween? Be sure to check out our DIY Haunts Halloween contest, which ends November 2nd. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! 
Aram Bartholl writes: I am pleased to preview 'Dead Drops' a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. 'Dead Drops' is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am 'injecting' USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your files and date. Each dead drop contains a readme.txt file explaining the project. 'Dead Drops' is still in progress, to be continued here and in more cities. Full documentation, movie, map and 'How to make your own dead drop' manual coming soon!
In the meanwhile drop some files here! 87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Makerbot)
Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Dumbo)
235 Bowery, NY (New Museum)
Union Square, NY (Subway Station 14th St)
West 21st Street, NY (Eyebeam) Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Culture jamming | Digg this! 
This is what Halloween is about... the creator of this video writes "My daughter jaws costume made by my mom Oooootiinniiii" On Monday, we'll all return to our jobs and likely pass around dozens of links to amazing costumes, they'll all be different and unique but they will have one thing in common, they were homemade. They may have a pop culture references or something completely made up — Halloween is one of the few holidays where making something is more valued than buying something. So this year, it was a bummer to see Target poke fun at "mom-made" costumes.
Discouraging parents from making a costume and spending time with their kids isn't good for anyone. Using advertising to convince kids that homemade isn't as good as store bought isn't good either. We are what we celebrate, and Target could celebrate something better. Target does great work in the community, arts, education — it's likely why this ad seems off-brand for them.
Besides, the mom version in the ad is better than the Target one — her's lights up on the chest and has a light on the arm (the Target one is a soulless plastic bib). Target, how about next year we work together to help moms make amazing costumes for their kids? Drop me a line :) CC:
Target.Communications@target.com
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