The Steel Yard in Providence RI has just announced their Spring and Summer Community Courses. The Potential of Sheet Metal: Cold and Hot sounds kind of interesting: Registration is now open for the Steel Yard’s Spring/Summer 2009 Course Season! Highlights for the upcoming months of warmth include, Sculptural Ceramics, Glass Casting, Building Bike Trailers, and […]
Make: Day aims to celebrate the ingenuity and inventiveness in our community. Building off the success of Maker Faires and the American Maker events, Make: Day will give local engineers, artists, tinkerers and inventors the opportunity to showcase their DIY creations to Science Museum of Minnesota visitors. Make: Day takes place on March 14th at […]
This clever fellow suspended his Wacom pen above his Wacom tablet and made a cool drawing pendulum with it.
Next week I am going to try out the Designing Automata Kit from the Maker Shed. It’s a beautifully made kit that seems to have endless possibilities. When I opened the box, I was really surprised at just how many pieces are included in the kit. The New Designing Automata Kit is great value and […]
Homebuilt gas powered ice cutter to make ice for non-electric icebox. Kevin Kelly wrote an essay about the Amish’s relationship with technology, which is really quite different and much more interesting than many people think. The Amish have the undeserved reputation of being luddites, of people who refuse to employ new technology. It’s well know […]
If you look around your office space you likely have an abundance of boring papers and sticky notes, but that doesn’t mean they need to stay that way. While the sticky note has some very industrial beginnings, it’s become a fun art material too… It was invented by 3M’s Art Fry using an adhesive developed […]
The sparking fork from Studio Bricolage A big shout-out to Leonardo’s Basement, which has contributed mightily to Make: television and the DIY effort here in the Twin Cities. Look for their projects created through their Studio Bricolage program, at Make: Day, March 14th, 10am to 3pm, at the Science Museum in St. Paul. Studio Bricolage […]
