Chip had been picked up by the Maker Shed earlier this year and we were honored with an invitation to this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire as makers in the MakerShed. We had a great time showing kids and parents how to wire up a potentiometer to Chip to make him sleepy or wake […]
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On the Road to Making Chip a Reality: Our Kickstarter Campaign Begins….
Today’s the day! At 10:05 am, we launched our very first Kickstarter campaign for our Pi Pal soldering kit, Chip. This kit helps you practice soldering but once the soldering is done, the journey doesn’t end. We wanted our kits to be multi-taskers and projects that grow with you rather than a one time […]
Check out Maker Camp Week #2 : Art and Design
Come and check out the offering of week #2 of Maker Camp which is focussed on Art and Design. They kick it off with Becky Stern, the e-textile maven at Adafruit and a cute LED shoe embellishment. Check out the neat projects and hope you’ll make them too. Maker Camp Week 2 Schedule Last week, […]
Going Out of the Comfort Zone – ShapeOko Build Night
Our local makerspace, Fubar Labs, received a ShapeOko kit as part of the initiative to equip makerspaces with CNC mill. I’ve never built anything like this before and was quite intimidated to be honest with you. Everyone knows so much more than me. What if I end up superfluous or what if I totally screw up. […]
Steampunk World’s Fair 2014
This year’s Steampunk World’s Fair was a great experience for us at Soldering Sunday despite the crazy weather on Friday night. We got to meet fellow makers, artisans and Steampunk enthusiasts. Some were familiar faces from the Geek Creation Show in November 2013. There were so many talented people from all different disciplines. We were […]
Day One of Steampunk Fair
After staying up late and bleary eyed finishing the last touches on my daughter’s costume props and my costume prop, we went up to Piscataway to check things out. People were already up and about in full costume. It was great. The details on the costumes were perfect and not a hair out of […]