Pedal-power to Maker Faire Bay Area on Saturday May 18th with fellow bicycle enthusiasts. Stay fit, save gas, gain preferred entrance to the faire, and get a special collector's patch! Read more »
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"The idea is that you can buy it in a local store," explains designer Carl de Smet. "It's a small package, you put it under your arm, and you carry it home because it's also super light. Then at home you plug it into electricity," he continues. Ten minutes later... Read more »
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Four "Meet the Makers" videos from the upcoming May 5th Austin Mini Maker Faire. Read more »
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In the run-up to the Hardware Innovation Workshop (May 14-15), we'll be introducing aspiring companies and makers competing in the "pitches with prototypes" contest. First up is Falkor System's Pet AR. Drone. The product is still in development, but CEO Sameer Parekh imagines it as a personal drone for extreme... Read more »
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Artist and inventor Amelia Marzec has created an ingenious community project, called “New American Sweatshop,” in which she is attempting to reduce our dependence on electronics produced in sweatshops by salvaging components from broken electronics to be used in new domestic electronics projects. The New American Sweatshop is an immersive... Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Art & Design, General, Open Source Hardware | 1 Comment
The line-up for MAKE's second Hardware Innovation Workshop is set and the roster and schedule of events is truly exciting. If you're in the business of making at any stage this is a not-to-miss event. Read more »
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St. Louis hackerspace The Disruption Department's Student Fellowship Program takes the kids to a new spot each month and they learn something about mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering. For the April event, the kids were introduced to Arduino. Read about how it went, and check out some snaps from the... Read more »
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Nearly 40 years ago, scientist and author Forrest M. Mims III wrote an article titled “The Pinhole: A ‘Lens’ that Just Won’t Quit” that was published in the April 1974 issue of Popular Photography. His enthusiasm for pinhole photography, taking photographs with a 35mm film camera equipped with a pinhole... Read more »
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Kamela Portuges and Lee Armstrong have been making puppets and performing together for over 25 years. Armstrong, who’d gotten her big puppetry break on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock, met talented sculptor Portuges at a puppet festival; the two soon combined their talents to create their Sonoma, Calif., studio, Images In... Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing, Art & Design, Makers | 1 Comment
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other. Read more »
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Veronica Belmont invites you to put to the test your most innovative and ingenious DIY versions of your favorite consumer tech items on stage at Maker Faire Bay Area. Read more »
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We're pleased to announce the winners on the 2013 Road to Maker Faire Challenge! Makers competed for a $2,500 prize and a chance to travel to the Bay Area Maker Faire next month to exhibit their project. Read more »
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