September was a busy month for me. I had a couple of road trips planned to attend Maker Faire in Calgary and the XOXO Festival in Portland. Honda Canada was generous enough to loan me a couple of their vehicles to put them through their paces on these trips. I chose two very different vehicles…
Here’s a great video from Discovery Channel Canada that shows off the DShape 3d printer I mentioned previously that my friend JF Brandon used to print the amazing Rygo that is currently on display at VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver. Thanks to Robot Dreams for the heads up!
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Roku Smart Stick: Roku is launching their new Smart Stick next month that will plug into a number of different Smart TVs currently on the market and add a bunch of new content options wirelessly. The Smart Stick looks like a thumb…
This past weekend I spent about five days in Portland to attend the XOXO Festival. This was conference/festival that was funded using a Kickstarter campaign a few months ago. With only 400 tickets available, I hopped on board and bought my ticket inside the 48 hour window before they completely sold out without even knowing…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Posh View Interactive Mirror: I recently got to see the Posh View Interactive Mirror in person at the Calgary MakerFaire. This mirror is meant for the home and provides an interactive display built into the glass of the mirror. A user simply…
This week on News1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: iPhone 5 Rumour Roundup: My guesses – same design as 4/4S but bigger screen (4″seems likely), new dock connector (possibly just micro USB rather than new design), LTE, improved camera (no idea what they’ll do here, better sensor?), no NFC (uptake has been…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Jewellers now have a 3d printer for custom castings: 3d printing has begun to affect another industry with the announcement a new 3d printer, the 3Z Studio from Solidscape, which is targeted at jewellers. The desktop printer creates complex wax patterns from…
Last night at the Vancouver Hack Space (VHS), there was a build night for all the local buyers of Tantillus 3d printers. There were 11 Tantillus’ (tantilli?) in the room in various stages of completion, plus a handful of other awesome printers in the hackspace. I worked on my Tantillus and made some progress. All…
This past weekend was the third installment of the Live at Squamish music festival. For the second year in a row, I attended to shoot photos of all the bands that made the trek up the Sea to Sky highway. But I almost didn’t get there…despite heading up early, there was a huge accident on…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: InstaCube: stream in realtime, all the photos from your Instagram account, to this wifi enabled digital photo frame. It’s touchscreen and tactile buttons let you like photos as they appear on the cube as well as configure which photos get displayed on it….