We've received a lot of questions about the amazing special effects makeup at the Makeys. Here's some background on the incredible crew and the amazing looks they created for us.
Posted by Gillian BenAry | Wednesday October 24th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Craft, General | No Comments
We've received a lot of questions about the amazing special effects makeup at the Makeys. Here's some background on the incredible crew and the amazing looks they created for us.
Posted by Gillian BenAry | Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 11:43 AM
Categories: Craft, General | 4 Comments
Founded in Shikuoza, Japan in 1946, Kabushiki gaisha Tamiya was originally a sawmill and architectural lumber company that made wooden ship models as a sideline. Their first plastic model, released...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 17th, 2012 6:27 PM
Categories: General, Tools | 6 Comments
Last year, when Phil wrote his widely-read Why Arduino Won column, searching "arduino" on the Atmel website didn't return even a single hit. Since that time, Atmel has started taking...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 10th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: General | 15 Comments
Intel has many charitable giving programs, but their "Intel Involved" Matching Grant Program (which awards employees' volunteer hours at eligible organizations with matching funds) has had a special impact in...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday September 6th, 2012 3:40 AM
Categories: Education, General | 14 Comments
We’re very happy to nominate Gakken for this year’s Documentation Makey. Gakken is a huge publishing company that’s been around for over sixty years producing educational materials and kits like...
Posted by Shawn Wallace | Friday August 31st, 2012 12:30 PM
Categories: General | 16 Comments
Among NASA's nine legislative "prime directives" is "[t]he preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology and in the application...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday August 30th, 2012 9:02 PM
Categories: Education, General | 18 Comments
Founded in 1982 with the launch of their flagship AutoCAD software, San Rafael's Autodesk, Inc. has historically lead the way in the development of digital design technology. Today, Autodesk products...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Saturday August 25th, 2012 10:00 PM
Categories: Education, General | 25 Comments
Makers, tinkerers, and hackers have latched onto the Raspberry Pi because of its price and capabilities. And with the enormous Linux community available for support, the pains of working with...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday August 22nd, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: General, Raspberry Pi | 22 Comments
Launched in 2009, element14 bills itself as "the first online community specifically for engineers." e14, as it's commonly known, is a subsidiary of British conglomerate Premier Farnell plc, which also...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday August 17th, 2012 9:39 PM
Categories: General | 22 Comments
The Parrot.AR drone teardown on iFixIt saw one of the highest repairability scores that our pals over there have ever awarded. They cite the Parrot.AR's repair-friendly design, the use of...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday August 15th, 2012 10:58 PM
Categories: General | 23 Comments
Lots of makers I know have a love/hate relationship with Harbor Freight. I was on the fence, myself, for a long time, but their deals keep luring me back, and...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Saturday July 14th, 2012 1:30 PM
Categories: General | 37 Comments
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