Gifts that foster creativity and encourage fun are, in my opinion, the very best gifts to give and to receive. Lisa from Grey Luster Girl created this handmade paper doll kit for her daughters, and it’s sure to bring hours of imaginative play. Customizing my dolls was one of my dearest wishes when I was […]
Here is a transcribed article from the September 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated describing what is, in fact, the BRAUN Lectron educational toy designed by Dieter Rams and Jurgen Greubel. Interestingly, the toy’s U.S. marketing, at the time, seems to have been pretty thoroughly scrubbed of conspicuously German names. The article mentions that the system was “imported from Germany,” but neither Braun’s, Rams’s, nor Greubel’s name is given, and U.S. distributor Raytheon gets most of the credit.
As a kid, I just learned the very basic ways to make simple paper snowflakes. Seeing gorgeous and intricate designs like these from Michele Made Me left me kind of baffled. But after reading her tutorial for how she makes them, I’m inspired by how relatively simply they are created. I love that she makes […]
Looks like the Kindle Fire can sport Android 4.0 ICS. Here’s a first look at a developer preview. It still has a way to go, but most of it seems to be there.
May will be here before you know it. Now’s the time to start putting together a Maker Club. Get the kids you know to stretch their making skills to the limit, build something amazing, and show off their projects at Maker Faire just over five months from now. We expect that there will be more Young Makers than ever this year at Maker Faire Bay Area, and we hope to hear about more Maker Clubs sprouting up around the world for Maker Faires and Mini Maker Faires far and wide.
The blogosphere has been abuzz, recently, with news that an official Lego Minecraft project may be in the offing, with the cross-pollination of everyone’s favorite real and virtual building blocks possibly producing real-world Minecraft-themed Lego sets in the not-too-distant future. Cool news? Certainly, if you’re into Minecraft, and perhaps, too, if you’re into Lego. But seasoned AFoL’s know that themes come and go, and emerging from the background of the trending Minecraft story is an undercurrent of excitement about LEGO CUUSOO, a free public submitterator-type platform that allows anyone with web access and an e-mail address to create and vote on ideas for new Lego products.
Chris has built an amazing company with a fantastic team, if you’re interested in educational micro-UAVs check out DIY drones, the Make: Kit review and also our previous MAKE issue!
