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It’s the final week to apply to be a part of Dublin Maker 2025!

We’re looking for curious minds and creative hands – whether it’s robots, recycled art, science experiments, wearable tech, or something entirely new.

🎉 Join the festival, share what you love, and inspire thousands.

📅 Deadline: 16th June 2025

💡 Apply now: www.DublinMaker.ie/Open-Call/

Supported by Research Ireland

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The big buttons on the front of these things are so satisfying to press. They light up at least blue and red and the speaker is quite loud. It’s like it’s begging to have its guts replaced! Let’s take it apart!

alojapan.com/1293690/tequila-d Tequila, durian and wildfires: Why Japan farm equipment maker is booming #booming #durian #equipment #farm #is #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #maker #news #tequila #why #Wildfires FUKUOKA, Japan — A maker of wheeled farm equipment whose machines are now being put to use by global communities rebuilding after wildfires is expanding the capacity of its main plant so it can further develop overseas markets. Chikusui Canycom, based in Japan’s Fuk…

alojapan.com/1292886/black-thu Black Thunder snack maker targets sweet-toothed tourists with factory trips #black #factory #JapanTrips #maker #snack #SweetToothed #targets #thunder #tourists #trips NAGOYA, Japan — The maker of Japan’s popular Black Thunder chocolate bar is aiming to lure sweet-toothed tourists and other guests to a visitor center at its new $70 million plant, offering a behind-the-scenes peek into the creation of the beloved confectionery. Essentially a mi…

Edit: found a source! Thanks everyone!

Hey #maker bubble, a friend of mine is making a cosplay for Pyrkon next week and one of the displays they need has a broken ribbon. Would anyone be willing to sell pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005008 (2.1 inch round display with HDMI in, or if exactly the same model a display with the 40pin ribbon) and ship it to Poland with express shipping preferably from within EU?

Edit: redrafted because I forgot to make it public 🤦

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I am very pleased that our article "Solving the crisis with 'do-it-yourself heroes'? The media coverage on #pioneercommunities, #Covid-19, and technological #solutionism" is now also available in print.

It remains remarkable how members of pioneer communities such as the #Maker movement were staged as #heroes and what fantasies existed about solving the problems with #DIY. In retrospect, this still says a lot about the imagination of #technology and #innovation.

degruyterbrill.com/document/do

De Gruyter Brill · Solving the crisis with “do-it-yourself heroes”? The media coverage on pioneer communities, Covid-19, and technological solutionismProtective shields and medical devices produced in Makerspaces as well as the early detection of disease through self-measurement have been widely publicized in the media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article systematically examines this phenomenon by analyzing the coverage of the Maker and Quantified Self movements in Germany and the UK. Through a discourse analysis of (online) newspapers, the article demonstrates that during the pandemic the coverage of both pioneer communities was markedly positive. Makers were often portrayed as problem solvers, while Quantified Self members were depicted as seismographs of the pandemic. Overall, our analysis reveals an overarching narrative that constructs members of these groups as “do-it-yourself heroes” who respond to the Covid-19 pandemic through their experimental practices, promoting a form of technological solutionism.

HEY TEAM

I'm thinking about making my bike cargo container again, the one that goes into the (long but very atypically short) triangle in my bike. Here's a thread with pictures of a the foamcore mockup:

mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/

I'm looking for a semi-rigid but not completely rigid sheet material that's thin - like, 2-3mm. I want something that can squish a bit but will return to its shape - like, a rather determined foam, I think, more than necessarily a plastic.

Basically, I want to be able to make a soft thin-wall box, which I'll enclose in fabric and anchor to the upper bar with integrated velcro or possibly cording. Not sure yet.

Is this a thing? Does this material exist?

MastodonSolarbird :flag_cascadia: (@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net)Attached: 1 image I was worried that the foam core from last night's experiment was too thick; I was right. But that's okay, partly because I wasn't going to use foam core for real anyway, and also because I could shave it down. (previous thread: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/114606316141976158 ) #BikeTooter #maker #diy