Laura Cochrane

Burnkit2600 Lays Down Electronic Jams with Circuit Bent Instruments

09/27/2013

Circuit bending electronic performers Burnkit2600 were popular at Maker Faire New York last weekend — every time I walked by,...

09/22/2013

At Maker Faire New York this weekend, Puppet Phactory provided interesting-looking junk items for kids to craft into puppets. Puppet...

09/22/2013

NYC-based Bard rock is a band of traveling players, performing Shakespeare's lyrics for a modern audience. They think Shakespeare rocks!...

09/22/2013

Xraise Cornell is an outreach group that makes interactive devices that demonstrate unusual physics phenomena. Check out this montage video...

09/21/2013

Shane Hope makes spectacular nanomolecular 3D-printed art. He's exhibiting at Maker Faire New York this weekend — stop by, check...

09/18/2013

SketchUp is partnering with WikiHouse and ShopBot to build a custom house that will serve as their Maker Faire New...

09/05/2013

What can you make with two gloves and some simple stitching? An adorable Glovetopus: part glove, part octopus! Peter Gardner...

09/04/2013

Gardeners everywhere are enjoying the best of summer's blooms. For those of us who lack a green thumb — or...

09/03/2013

One of my favorite crafty publishers, Chronicle Books, recently launched a monthly curation of discounted ebooks, called Chronicle Eye Candy....

08/29/2013

Ethan Schlussler of Sandpoint, Idaho, built this clever bicycle-powered treehouse elevator to make it easier to reach his nearly 30-foot-high...