10 velomóviles para desplazarse (sin motor) a 50 km/h by Nicolás Boullosa on March 21, 2011 ¿Existe un vehículo que conserve las ventajas del automóvil y, a la vez, no requiera más energía que la inferida …
Arduino: turning non-nerds into robot-makers by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2010 The Arduino– an affordable, open source microcontroller board- has been touted as connecting the real world to your computer. To get …
Magic of urban beekeeping: a backyard San Francisco hive by Kirsten Dirksen on October 27, 2010 In contrast to the rural bee populations decimated by colony collapse disorder, bees are thriving in cities worldwide. The more …
3D printing and getting back in touch with our stuff by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2010 I went off to visit our future last month not really understanding how a sub-$1000 3D printer could revolutionize our …
3D printers or the dream of machines that replicate themselves by Kirsten Dirksen on September 18, 2010 Now that the open-source concept has migrated from software to hardware- see open-source car (OScar), phone (Openmoko), house (OS-house)- it’s …
3D printing living up to its hype? Rise & fall of MakerBot by Kirsten Dirksen on September 14, 2010 Imagine instead of going to the store, simply downloading what you need from the Internet and printing it out on …
Hyperlocal shopping: lessons from Hester Street Fair by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2010 It may be a sign of the times that when a tv star wants to get creative she opens a …
Hester Street Fair: homemade, homegrown, hyperlocal shopping by Kirsten Dirksen on September 2, 2010 For over a century Hester Street has been home to New York City’s biggest and oldest pushcart markets, so when …
Mountain man’s salvaged home walkthru: Black Kettle’s Idaho life by Kirsten Dirksen on August 16, 2010 “Black Kettle”, a self-described “mountain man”, hasn’t lived in a home since 1974 which might explain why he chose to …
DIY solar shower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2010 A solar shower is one of the simplest ways of using the sun’s energy. It can be as simple as …
