Disregard that particular flavour

April 16th, 2014

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On cell phones, open source hardware, Shenzhen, Shanzhai, manufacturing, and disregarding technological solecism

Good sport

March 19th, 2014

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Machines that make

September 20th, 2013

Ilan and are going to Maker faire NYC tomorrow. Come visit us.

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Hacking

September 17th, 2013

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At this institute of technology, hacking does not have the same definition […]

OH Girls

September 6th, 2013

The Open Hardware Summit has always been an outlier in gender balance at a tech (especially hardware) conference. Maybe because the founders and many of the organisers are women, or maybe the topic draws more women.

Phoenix Perry, game developer, author, and woman, gave a talk at the summit on building a female developer community. Slightly […]

Open hardware footbath

August 29th, 2013

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I’m in Japan for the first time, for the 9th annual fablab conference, this time in Yokohama […]

Back in India

July 19th, 2010

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BMVSS, an organisation that provides low cost prosthetics to amputees in developing world countries […]

Lighter, cheaper, stronger: a video by Canay Ozden

May 27th, 2010

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Of me talking dorkily about prosthetics…

Haiti FabLab Fund Pecha Kucha

March 3rd, 2010

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After the earthquake in Haiti, I started a website detailing the possibilities of a Fablab, seeking stakeholders for a Fablab and raising funds for a Fablab.

Low-tech spectroscopy for wearable environment sensors

July 24th, 2009

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With the tails, I’m especially interested in sensing pollution in the environment. I’ve looked […]