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Make: Talk 015: Matthew Borgatti

Make: Talk 015: Matthew Borgatti

Our maker this week is Matthew Borgatti. Matthew makes so many things it’s hard to even begin to describe what he does: musical instruments, jewelry, folded paper creations, passports to hackerspaces, and on and on. This was a really great interview, and I’m sure you are going to enjoy it.

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Make: Talk 013 – Arts Refoundry Bronze Casting Workshops

Make: Talk 013 – Arts Refoundry Bronze Casting Workshops

Our makers this week are Kate Mayfield and Gordon Bowen, owners of the biodiesel-fueled Arts Refoundry in Los Angeles. A couple of weeks ago my 9-year-old daughter Jane and I took a bronze casting workshop at Arts ReFoundry.

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Make: Talk 012 – Ayah Bdeir of littleBits.cc

Make: Talk 012 – Ayah Bdeir of littleBits.cc

Our maker this week is Ayah Bdeir, the founder and lead engineer of littleBits, an open source library of electronic modules that snap together with magnets and makes it fun and easy to make interactive electronic projects.

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Make: Talk 010 – Andy Cavatorta, Bjork’s Musical Roboticist

Make: Talk 010 – Andy Cavatorta, Bjork’s Musical Roboticist

Andy Cavatorta is a roboticist, artist, musician, and filmmaker. He was at MIT’s Media Lab from 2007 to 2010. In the current issue of MAKE, Vol 29, Andy wrote an article about his collaboration with the Icelandic musician Bjork to create robotic gravity harps for her touring performance. In my interview, we talk about this project and more.

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Make: Talk 009 – AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas, Squishy Circuits

Make: Talk 009 – AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas, Squishy Circuits

AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas is one of the most playful professors I know — she created a course called The Science of the Circus and she actually learned to juggle and perform circus stunts. She’s designed underwater robots and she also is the creator of something called Squishy Circuits, which she’ll talk about in the interview.

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