Last week, I reported on Czech 3D printer company, Prusa Research, converting over some of their manufacturing capability to producing hand sanitizer. Now, the company has, within three days of… Read the rest of the article: Prusa Research develops 3D-printable face shield in three days
Through the DC arts and music scene, I have had the great pleasure of getting to know Kid Congo Powers, legendary guitarist for The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave… Read the rest of the article: Who needs super powers when you have Kid Congo Powers?
From BioSpace via Alberto Gaitán: ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– 20/20 BioResponse, a business unit of 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. announced today that it will begin taking orders for its CoronaCheck COVID-19 Rapid… Read the rest of the article: FDA gives go-ahead to Maryland bio-firm to accept orders on their COVID-19 Rapid Antibody Test Kit
In January, I covered the new season of NASA Explorers. This season (their fourth) focuses on space science and microgravity. In concert with the latest episode (inlined below), the NASA… Read the rest of the article: Interviewing astronaut Don Pettit on the pioneering science being conducted on the ISS
A group of celebrities, including Gal Gadot, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, James Marsden, Lynda Carter, Jamie Dornan, and Amy Adams, posted a video of each of them, in their isolation,… Read the rest of the article: Shut-in celebrities sing "imagine no possessions" on Twitter. Twitterverse goes bananas over the perceived tone-deafness
To help entertain all of us while we hunker down in our domestic anti-viral combat bunkers, Rolling Stone is asking musicians to share performances from their bunkers. They kick off… Read the rest of the article: Let the great Brian Wilson make all of this feel better for a moment
While conducting a Dark Energy Survey (DES) beyond Neptune, a team of scientists, led by a grad student at the University of Pennsylvania, have identified 139 new TNOs (trans-Neptunian objects).… Read the rest of the article: 139 new TNOs (trans-Neptunian objects) discovered while doing a dark energy survey
Think of all of the real-world pleasures of the past we might rediscover while we weather Coronapocalypse 2020. Like "deep listening" to music. Clear your schedule for the next three… Read the rest of the article: Rediscovering the lost art of deep listening to music
TechDirt has shared this heartwarming little tale in the face of a global pandemic. A hospital in Bescia needed a special valve for a ventilator which costs US$11,000. Even at… Read the rest of the article: Italian hospital needed an $11K part for its ventilators, volunteers 3D printed them at $1 each, original manufacturer threatened to sue
I have always been intrigued by the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit that was only sold for a year, starting in 1951. The kit included a Geiger counter, a… Read the rest of the article: Look kids, it's a tour of the 1951 A.C. Gilbert Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit, now with seven sources of radiation!
In an effort to stave off boredom during the great quarantine of 2020, our pals over at Chaosium have made their award-winning Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book available as… Read the rest of the article: Attention shut-in chaos cultists: Chaosium releases "Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book" as a free download
Maker icon and Boing Boing friend, Mister Jalopy, is one of my all-time favorite outside-the-box thinkers. David Letterman used to be fond of saying: "He (or she) ain't hooked up… Read the rest of the article: Mister Jalopy offers a unique approach to local retailers staying open while maintaining social distance
Lithub has a wonderful piece on the classic Jimmy Webb composition, "Wichita Lineman," one of the most enduring pop songs ever written. Made famous by the late Glen Campbell, the… Read the rest of the article: The enduring beauty of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" and one of the greatest musical couplets ever written
Artist and entrepreneurial prankster Danielle Baskin is at it again. This time, Danielle has created a line of cling-on faux stained glass windows that you can slap up on any… Read the rest of the article: Frightened fliers rejoice! Sacralize your seating with faux stained glass windows
Multi-talented musician, artist, and graphic designer, John Bergin, has just released a new Blackmouth recording. Blackmouth is John, his long-time collaborator, Brett Smith, and Jarboe (formerly of Swans). The trio's… Read the rest of the article: New Blackmouth record, featuring Jarboe (formerly of Swans)
My BFF, Alberto Gaitán, posted this on Facebook.
A group has been formed on Facebook to help facilitate the open-source development of medical hardware (such as ventilators, filter masks, non-contact door openers, etc) to help fight the global… Read the rest of the article: FB group forms to open-source development of coronavirus-related medical hardware
In December of 2019, Ahmet Zappa and longtime Zappa “vaultmeister” Joe Travers released a 6-CD collection of the Hot Rats Sessions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this ground-breaking, now… Read the rest of the article: Fifty years of Zappa's "Hot Rats" and how it inspired the jazz-rock fusion genre
Today I got a message from my friend and former Make: colleague, Matt Stultz. Matt now works for Prusa Research, the award-winning Czech 3D printer company created by force-of-nature, Josef… Read the rest of the article: 3D printer maker, Prusa Research, retools its factory to manufacture hand sanitizer
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