Posted in Projects on Mar 13th, 2013
I recently officiated the Pinewood Derby race for my local Cub Scout Pack 65 in Garland, Texas during its charter year. They did not have a budget to purchase trophies, so I decided to “do my best” and incorporate reclaimed 2×4 pine and cedar boards into functional trophy/display stands for the boys’ race cars. I [...]
Posted in Projects on Oct 25th, 2012
Seven Victorians had their silhouettes made at a little shop in London, and then, they vanished. What happened? The letters tell all. Laser Lace Letters is a line of beautiful, laser cut cameos handmade in felt by artist Haley Moore. They’re perfect to pin to your a lapel, a hat, or a bag. Only these [...]
Posted in Projects on Oct 11th, 2012
A few of our members, Andrew L., Mike E., Virginia T. and Nick S. have recently started a bi-weekly podcast called NerdAbsurd. The group discusses all sorts of topics ranging from 3D printed guns to what the best computer game is out right now. You can find them on iTunes and Facebook
As we mentioned in our last entry, the Dallas Makerspace recently participated in the Redbull Creation Challenge, a 72 hour intensive ‘making’ session where teams are given guidelines at the start of the competition and then must execute their plans into a physical product. In conjunction with Team Midnight Invention, the Dallas Makerspace made the [...]
Paul Brown is at it again in the BioLab mixing up tasty concoctions, but this time it is DMS brand Root Beer. If you find yourself wondering by the space take a peek in the kitchen refrigerator and see if there is any DMS brand Root Beer left. If you find some, please enjoy; but [...]
Posted in Photography, Projects on Jan 12th, 2012
Since 2005 the annual Art Conspiracy art auction has raised over $110,000 for local nonprofit arts groups like Musical Angels, Resolana, St. Anthony’s School and others. Several Dallas Makerspace members participated in the 2011 ArtCon auction in November. Steve Reeves and Haley Moore were selected as artists and each contributed a piece to the auction. [...]
Posted in Projects on Oct 26th, 2011
Say hello to Haley Moore. Crafter, artist, and long time member of the Dallas Makerspace, Haley is a skilled and creative person who has inspired me in many ways. She is always working on something fascinating and brings a level of dedication and detail to her projects that really sets them apart from others. Recently [...]
Posted in Projects on Oct 12th, 2011
Dallas Makerspace member Mike Eber and Dr. Steve Lorenzen recently took a trip to the Livid Lobster studios to introduce Cali Lewis to the DigiHoop. The DigiHoop is a programmable 100 RGB Led hoop that is upgradable. The Kickstarter ends on Oct 15th, tell all your friends and pledge if you can. Be sure to come out the [...]
Posted in Projects on Sep 9th, 2011
Meet Doug Paradis. Recently Doug took on the goal of creating a clock that he could enter into an Instructables contest. For those who don’t know, Instructables is a great DIY website that is free to the public and houses tons of cool project ideas with step by step instructions (hence the great name!) [...]
Posted in Projects on Jun 13th, 2011
The DMS has quite a few awesome members, all of them working on amazing individual and group projects. But a little while ago we gained a new member named David Mandalla, and David just so happens to work for Canonical, better known as those awesome folks that make the Ubuntu Linux Distro! Not only does [...]
