I sat down with a group of kids, some of whom joined me on for Maker Faire's Education Day and asked, “What’s so great about Maker Faire?” Here’s what they...
Posted by Christine Mytko | Friday May 17th, 2013 12:32 PM
Categories: Education, 3D Printing, Kids & Family | No Comments
The Maker Scouts have entered the independent project phase of this session and with Minecraft practically haven taken over their brains, it was no surprise that they wanted to make...
Posted by Jean Kaneko | Friday May 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Categories: Craft, Education, Fun & Games, Hackerspaces, Kids & Family | No Comments
Some months ago I finished an original Space Invaders restoration project, but as you can see on the picture on the left, it was a little big for my daughter....
Posted by Tiburcio de la Carcova | Friday May 3rd, 2013 6:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Electronics, Fun & Games, Kids & Family, Makers, Raspberry Pi, Woodworking | 7 Comments
The lever is one of the six classic simple machines. A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes a force's direction or magnitude. The other five simple machines are...
Posted by Andrew Terranova | Friday April 26th, 2013 6:00 AM
Categories: Education, Fun & Games, Kids & Family, Science, Woodworking | No Comments
I've had the intention to cover and post about my favorite artists for a long time now, finally getting off my lazy butt to do it. No better way to...
Posted by I-Wei Huang | Friday April 19th, 2013 6:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design | 2 Comments
Twelve-year-old Maker Quin already has a company of his own--Qtechknow. He founded a hackerspace in his garage on California's Central Coast. He helps teach Arduino classes for kids and adults....
Posted by Stett Holbrook | Friday April 12th, 2013 9:20 AM
Categories: Arduino, Education, Electronics, Kids & Family, Robotics | 1 Comment
As educators, we are always seeking subjects that are robust enough to allow children to have choices and are gender neutral to maximize engagement. The Exploratory specializes in developing projects...
Posted by Jean Kaneko | Friday April 5th, 2013 9:00 AM
Categories: Education, Hackerspaces | No Comments
Our first session of the Maker Scouts Los Angeles featured sneak peeks at different making materials to show young children what some possibilities are. We have many scouts who have...
Posted by Jean Kaneko | Friday March 29th, 2013 12:44 PM
Categories: Education, Art & Design | No Comments
With some help from her dad Scott, second grader Emma made this Raspberry Pi-controlled interactive trifold poster about the state of Vermont, for a school project. Pushing a button cycles...
Posted by Scott Bennett | Friday March 22nd, 2013 6:01 AM
Categories: Electronics, Kids & Family, Raspberry Pi | 8 Comments
Alice Taylor is CEO of Makielab, a London-based startup that 3D prints customised action dolls called Makies. Customers design their doll on the Makie website, choosing facial features, hairstyles, eye...
Posted by Andrew Sleigh | Friday March 15th, 2013 6:05 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Fun & Games, Kids & Family, Maker Pro | 3 Comments
Anyone who has kids will, at one time or another, point a video camera (or smartphone) at them and make a little home movie. But how about getting kids involved...
Posted by Stett Holbrook | Friday March 8th, 2013 6:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Kids & Family, Photography & Video | 3 Comments
Big Dog's learned how to throw cinder blocks. While this could make for a fun game of catch, I think this would be pretty useful if you needed to move...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Friday March 1st, 2013 9:54 AM
Categories: Robotics | 2 Comments
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