DIANA ENG: Fashion Nerd

ARRL Field Day is June 26-27th, it is a national event during which radio operators promote ham radio by setting up stations and transmitting in parking lots, open fields, etc. To celebrate, my hacker group, NYC Resistor is throwing a ham radio party where we will be making contacts, giving demos, and dancing. Remember, hams [...]

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There is a nice article about fashion and technology in this month’s Atlantic which talks about the Fairytale Fashion Show:
“On a Wednesday night in February, one week after fashion’s biggest names descended on New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, techy designer Diana Eng’s models were strutting a different kind of stuff: the Twinkle Dress, for [...]

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My OM, Dave Clausen created the Minty Buck, to charge his iphone while out on ham hikes. The Minty Buck charges up his iphone from his radio’s 12V NiMH rechargeable pack. Read more at NYCResistor.com.

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Makezine.com is running a contest to win a copy of my book, Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech as part of their Geek Chic month.

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I finally broke down and bought a watercolor set. I previously have painted with a pretty nice gauche set, but I really like to layer up the colors, which tends to get muddy with gauche. It’s been a while since I painted anything, so I decided to go for the challenge of painting something metal [...]

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Last weekend I went to visit my little brother at MIT. Then while at the MIT Press book store, I saw my book, Fashion Geek. Being the dork that I am, I took a photo. I think the book store workers thought I was crazy. There was also a giant photo of fellow NYC Resistor [...]

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The Fairytale Fashion Collection was presented on February 24, 2010, at Eyebeam Atelier in Chelsea, New York City. Models hit the runway while a quartet of circuit bending DJ’s created music from a hacked sewing machine and conductive felt. Seated front row were celebrity scientists, designers, and school children.

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I have just been asked to join the ARRL Public Relations Committee. I am very excited to join because I want to help connect the maker/hacker community to the ham community. It’s an exciting time because there is a huge growth in the maker/hacker community. It’s hip to tinker. Ham radio operators were the original [...]

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Today on Makezine.com I show how to see radio waves with a light bulb. Also in the post are instructions for how to build the light bulb detector.

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I am proposing FairytaleFashion.org for a grant from the MacArthur Foundation and Obama’s initiative to “Reimagine Learning”. I would like to create Fairytale Fashion Lab and expand FairytaleFashion.org into a program for classrooms. The grant applications are now open for public feedback before we revise them. I welcome your feedback! http://www.dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=664

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