I’m leaving for a 3 week trip bright and early tomorrow morning, and in preparation, today I gathered the supplies for a fun travel art kit. I went to Art and Soul, my local arts and crafts shop in Sebastopol (where our Craft Intern Lindsey works!). I found some great things there. All the kit […]
The 555 Man By Charles Platt While fact-checking Make: Electronics, I realized I didn’t have permission to publish a photograph that I’d found of Hans Camenzind, designer of the 555 chip. This led me to a telephone conversation that was a true delight, leaving me smiling foolishly for hours afterward. I included a brief history […]
This weekend I had an opportunity to attend a renewable energy workshop organized by the Southeastern Massachusetts Achievement and Retention in Technology group at Bristol Community College. The morning was packed with teachers sharing their lesson and unit ideas on ideas based around the STEM subjects of green technologies and energy.
The college offers a Lending Lab for tools and lab equipment that most schools are unlikely to stock. Through using these equipment resources, teachers can get their students’ hands onto enough materials to for a series of lessons on windmill design, hydrogen cars, air purity testing, and more. Teachers shared their experiences in bringing this equipment into their classes and how it affected student learning.
Disney of Ruffles and Stuff shares how she created this fun wall lamp from a couple of dollar store microwave plate covers and items she had on hand.
One of my fave websites at the moment is Hizook, Travis Deyle’s robot news portal. Here’s a snippet from a piece he posted about the University of Stuttgart and University of Karlsruhe’s open source swarm robot project: I’m a huge fan of so-called micro robots — those with cm length scales, thus μ m3. I’ve […]
This is Plot sells these handmade necklaces that reflect the historical price charts of different materials. Shows above is gold v. oil. They’re also available in just gold, just silver, silver v. oil, and lead. [via information aesthetics]
StairSteady invented by a 16 year old maker… When not in use, the handle goes from the square section to a round at either the top or bottom of the stairs and so the handle folds away parallel with the wall and is unobtrusive. This allows the stairs to be used by both those with […]
