For the fifth year in the Bay Area, Maker Faire welcomes thousands of makers of all ages who show us the amazing things they create. Here’s a preview of some of what you can expect to see and do at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010, May 22 and 23 at the San Mateo Expo Center. […]
Every day I hear about another exciting project that will be at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend, May 22nd and 23rd, at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. One project I can’t wait to see and play with is the Tangible Graffiti Wall, brought from Vancouver by Tangible Interaction‘s Alex Biem. The […]
I’m taking a trip back in time to one of the first How-To Tuesdays I ever wrote. This bunny project is too freaking cute and beyond simple to create. It’s a great way to practice felting sweaters and sewing wool is super forgiving. The version in this project was created as an instant heirloom for […]
We’re less than a week out from Maker Faire Bay Area, and things are really gearing up for a fantastic weekend. As a special countdown to Maker Faire, we’ll be profiling some of the awesome folks who will be at Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire. Even if you aren’t able to be at Maker Faire, […]
Maker Faire is the ideal place for creative collaboration. A huge advantage of sharing what you make in a public space is the potential for finding like-minded folks who can collaborate and contribute to your project. You can feel it in the air at the Faire and it’s super exciting. This year’s Maker Faire Bay […]
Then again, if Calla lilies replaced each new brick on the planet, it would reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by at least 800 million tons a year. But we’d also be living in a world without useful new bricks to build stuff with. It is probably reasonable to expect that Dosier’s “Bacteria Bricks” will fare better as a construction material than Calla lilies, but whether they are truly comparable to conventional masonry in mechanical properties, durability, and weather resistance still remains to be proved. Also, her bricks take weeks to harden, compared to traditionally-fired bricks which can be manufactured in two days.
We announced the winners of the MAKE/MakerBot giveaway last week, and Bre has already printed out the top two designs! Here’s the MakerBot Transformer, open and closed, followed by the stereoscopic viewer. MakerBot will also be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. From MAKE magazine: MAKE Volume 21 is the Desktop Manufacturing issue, with […]
