Here’s a video of our presentation about manufacturing open hardware at Make Tokyo Meeting. You can download the slides here. This is a highly condensed version of the same presentation we gave at the Open Hardware Summit and Homecamp. We cut it down so we could still fit in the allotted time if a Japanese […]
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Traveling to Maker Faires, conferences, etc wiki page
Here’s our tips for traveling to various open hardware events. In the past 8 months we’ve been to San Francisco, New York, London, and Tokyo, and we’ll add China shortly. We took everything we remember and added it to the wiki. Where we stayed How we get around Do you need a car? The size […]
We flew Finnair to Tokyo and it was awesome!
…how about free tickets to HongKong for the first Maker Faire in China? Over the last year we’ve been all over the world for Maker Faires, open hardware conferences, and other Dangerous Prototypes business. For Maker Tokyo Meeting we flew Finnair economy through Helsinki. We absolutely agree with the review on 꽁머니 사이트, in that […]
Make Tokyo Meeting 07 roundup
Make Tokyo Meeting 07 roundup: Tokyo hackerspace table day 2 at Make Meeting 07 Tokyo hackerspace at Make Tokyo Meeting day 1 Tokyo hackerspace first visit Video: Goo instrument at Make Tokyo Meeting 07 #mtm07 Video: ANIPOV bicycle POV at Make Tokyo Meeting 07 Video: Remote control flying machines at #mtm07 Electronics at Make Tokyo […]
Akihabara Electric Town tour roundup
Akihabara Electric Town tour roundup: Tokyo Akihabara Electric Town tour Our score from the Akihabara Electric Town tour Tool and equipment shops at Akihabara Electric Town tour Part shops in the maze on the Akihabara Electric Town tour Parts shops on the street on Akihabara Electric Town tour LED shops on Akihabara Electric Town tour […]
Our score from the Akihabara Electric Town tour
Akihabara had every imaginable electronic part, so we had to be careful about what we packed. These are the most interesting parts we brought home. Front and center are 6 tiny VFD tubes, maybe decommissioned from a clock kit judging by the datasheet that came with them. Everybody had to have a bag of these […]
Strange and unclassified on Akihabara Electric Town tour
Many shops in Akihabara don’t fit into any specific category, but were too strange or wonderful to leave out. This shop, for example, has nothing but DIY guitar building supplies. More photos below the fold.
Parts shops on the street on Akihabara Electric Town tour
After we hit the electronic part stands in the maze, we headed for the street. These were like shops and markets anywhere, except you find giant solar panels and Nixie tubes sitting along the sidewalk. More photos below the fold.
Retro gaming on Akihabara Electric Town tour
In an ode to Sjaak’s experience hacking retro games, Tayken took us on a wild tour of Super Potato. This store is 4+ floors of retro consoles, games, and more. Just about every system and game imaginable is behind these doors. More photos below the fold.
Tool and equipment shops at Akihibara Electric Town tour
Akihibara has a great selection of tools and equipment too. Our favorite PCB drill press was widely available. More photos below the fold.
LED shops on Akihabara Electric Town tour
We were amazed by the number of dedicated LED shops at Akihabara Electric town. On our short tour we encountered 6 or more shops dedicated to selling only LEDs – who’s supporting them all? This sign is made from plastic coated strips of RGB LEDs. Each is individually addressable. We almost went blind trying to […]
Part shops in the maze on the Akihibara Electric Town tour
Our first stop on the Akihibara tour was a maze of stores with electronic components, mainly through hold stuff. These specific shops are slated to be torn down soon, and the stands will move to a new building deeper in Akihibara. We were lucky to see this popular labyrinth of stands before it’s gone. More […]
Tokyo Akihabara Electric Town tour
Today we continue our tour of Tokyo hacker spaces and places with a trip to Akihabara Electric Town. Akihabara is a winding maze with electronic components, test tools, (retro) video games, comic books, and more. The pictures will go up today, but the monkeys are still in the editing room working on the video. The […]
Tokyo hackerspace first visit
Tokyo hackerspace is a house in a residential neighborhood. On our first trip it was pouring rain, so unfortunately we didn’t get pictures of the outside. Sjaak will have more pictures after his visit later this week. More photos below the fold.
Coming tomorrow: Tokyo Akihibara Electric Town tour
Tomorrow we’ll continue our tour of Tokyo hacker spaces and places with a trip to Akihibara Electric Town. Akihabara is a winding maze with electronic components, test tools, (retro) video games, comic books, and more. We shot some video of the tour. So much that the batteries died on the high-def camera and we finished […]
Tokyo hackerspace table day 2 at Make Meeting 07
On day two Ian gave a presentation on manufacturing open hardware projects. Tayken helped field questions in Japanese. We’ll post a video tomorrow if it turns out. More photos of the Tokyo hackerspace booth and Dangerous Prototypes gang below the fold.
Leonard Pirate at Make Tokyo Meeting 07
Yoshi Tsuboi’s Leonard Pirate is an AVR-based multi-protocol interface like the Bus Pirate. It uses an Atmega 32U4 with integrated USB. We recommended he check out the great work already done on the Bus Ninja project too. Pirates vs ninjas, get it? He also showed us an AVR MKII programmer clone he’s been working on, […]
Weird and wonderful at Make Tokyo Meeting 07
These vegetables are wired to cry with you touch them. The tone changes depending on the stroke, and you can almost play them like an instrument. One of the most strange and wonderful projects for sure. Check below for a roving human heart, DIY cotton candy, Maker manga, and more. More photos below the fold.
Video: ANIPOV bicycle POV at Make Tokyo Meeting 07
ANIPOV animated bicycle POV by Sun and Moon Labs at Make Tokyo Meeting 07. Check out the video after the break.
Tokyo hackerspace at Make Tokyo Meeting day 1
Tokyo hackerspace invited us to the Make Meeting and shared their space. They scored an extra large space with extra tables for the public soldering area. Anyone was welcome to come use this temporary hackerspace to assemble a kit or work on their projects. More photos from day 1 below the fold.