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Chain Reactions at Open Make: Time
At Open Make: Time, we experimented for the first time with small scale chain reactions, which for us means having two to four people work on their own personal contained contraption without linking all the tables together to form one … Continue reading
Meet the Makers: Time
Here are the interviews with the featured makers from last week’s event: David Forbes makes nixie tube displays. Roger Wood makes beautiful steampunk clocks. Five Ton Crane (Sean Orlando, David Shulman, Alan Rorie) make a giant raygun gothic rocketship. Julie … Continue reading
Open MAKE: Time instagram roundup
While waiting for our official photographs of last Saturday’s Open MAKE: Time, I thought it would be fun to share our now customary, internal instagram-off. Here are all the photos we took during the event. You can check them out … Continue reading
Large Scale Stop Motion at Open Make
At the Open Make event this weekend, we set up a big cardboard surface in the webcast studio and let people make stop motion animations by moving their body around the stage. We brought out pool noodles, boxes, boas, tennis … Continue reading
Phone Drop
Preparing for OpenMake: Time we needed to test the buckets that people will use to explore how things fall. They automatically drop their contents once they reach 23 feet in the air. What better way to test them than by … Continue reading
Almost Time for Open Make: Time
As time flies, I bet you are thinking that it’s about time for another open make. And yes, the time has come for the latest installment of our time-honored tradition. If you have the time, we think it would be … Continue reading
Mini Chain Reaction Prototypes
For the Open MAKE: Time event, we’ve been doing some experiments with building chain reactions inspired by our favorite Japanese show – PythagoraSwitch. While our large-scale chain reactions allow for collaborative building and provide an opportunity for a dramatic conclusion, … Continue reading

