Honey, I Shrunk the Maker I built this 6x larger than real life, fully functional Arduino GRANDE. Why? There was talk among the MAKE: editors about how Arduino is really big at Maker Faire, and I thought, why not make it even bigger? Literally. After modeling it in 3D software, drafting it for laser cutting, [...]

Posted by John Edgar Park | May 18th, 2012 12:49 AM

Categories: Arduino, Electronics, Laser Cutting | No Comments

Two pieces new to Maker Faire Bay this weekend area will be Light Trikes and Crowd Connect. The team from Frog made digital games physical and physical games digital. They explain the hardware and software behind their epic builds. Come play at Maker Faire Bay Area, this weekend, May 19th and 20th.

Posted by Brookelynn Morris | May 17th, 2012 6:30 PM

Categories: Electronics, MAKE Video, Maker Faire | No Comments

Once upon a time, there were two serpents, Jormungand (Midgard) and Julunggul (Rainbow), who slithered between two worlds, “the old world that needed and revered them and the present which has shunned such monsters as fears metamorphosed into mythical form.” Dark and with the power of fire, Jormungand winds it way through the landscape. Bright [...]

Posted by Goli Mohammadi | May 17th, 2012 6:00 PM

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There will be a lot of people showing off their 3D printers at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend, including Jeffrey Lipton representing Cornell’s venerable Fab@Home project. We previously posted about some of the food printing exploits of the Cornell Creative Machines Lab on the CRAFT blog last year. Food is just one application [...]

Posted by Shawn Wallace | May 17th, 2012 12:30 PM

Categories: 3D Printing, Desktop Manufacturing, Maker Faire | No Comments

Tested takes you inside Adam Savage’s man cave where he keeps amazing movie props and collectibles, as well as works on his own projects. Today, Adam tells the story of his Zorg Industries ZF-1 replica from The Fifth Element, which he’s been working on for over 13 years.

Posted by John Baichtal | May 17th, 2012 11:00 AM

Categories: Workshop & Tools | 4 Comments

Thomas Poulsom’s British Bird Series explores the loveliness of the British ornithological scene, in all the glory of Lego! Even cooler, you can help these models become an official Lego model through the magic of Lego’s Cuusoo platform, where amateur builders can post models, and those creations which receive enough votes actually get made. If [...]

Posted by John Baichtal | May 17th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: LEGO | 5 Comments

  The first MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop wrapped up this evening. Featuring over 30 of the most well-known innovators in the MAKE space, the event found a perfect home in the storied garden-roofed research facilities at PARC Xerox. As one of the speakers commented, this was probably the first time that all of these path-breaking [...]

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | May 16th, 2012 11:00 PM

Categories: Events, Maker Faire | 3 Comments

We’re merely two days out from Maker Faire Bay Area, the Greatest Show and Tell on Earth, with over 700 makers of all stripes coming out to the San Mateo Fairgrounds to show what they’ve made. One thing all these folks have in common is their immense sense of passion for whatever it is they [...]

Posted by Goli Mohammadi | May 16th, 2012 6:00 PM

Categories: Interviews | 2 Comments

The wooden pattern of a ship propeller is used to create a mold in the foundry. Huge! [thanks, Adon!]

Posted by John Baichtal | May 16th, 2012 5:00 PM

Categories: Mechanics | 3 Comments

There will be a lot of people showing off their 3D printers at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend; the nifty little Up! printer will be there as well, printing gnomes, cathedrals and whatnot. If you make 3D Printers (or know someone) who plans to attend, feel free to drop me a line at [...]

Posted by Shawn Wallace | May 16th, 2012 3:31 PM

Categories: 3D Printing, Maker Faire | No Comments