It’s hard to believe over a month has passed since Maker Faire Bay Area 2012. The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth blew through like a tornado of inspiration, and we’re still reeling from the incredibly creative ideas and projects we witnessed and the impressive number of folks who came out in support of making. […]
One of my favorite memories of World Maker Faire last year was meeting Lisa Qiu and Abe Fetterman. They were our booth neighbors in the Arduino tent, and they had built an incredible DIY Sous Vide machine and were serving up deep fried egg yolks to anyone who passed by. Of course I remember the […]
If you ask me, Treat Yo Self really is the best day of the year. Luckily one of my favorite episodes from Parks and Recreation has been created into a quilt by Monica of The Happy Zombie. I love it!
(above: author/hacker Alasdair Allan and Nick Raymond, MAKE’s Engineering Intern Coordinator at OSCON 2011) We had so much fun doing a small Maker Shed at the 2011 Open Source Convention (OSCON) that we’re going to increase the fun by adding a Mini Maker Faire for OSCON 2012. We’ll hold the Mini Maker Faire on July […]
A Beautiful Mess shows us how to make a cool geometric stamp out of cardboard to up-grade a simple table runner.
Cultural anthropologist Eben Kirksey brings citizen science to Brooklyn, using an Arduino and the history of two frogs to educate the public.
This looks like a really fun activity to do with kids — decorate wood blocks! Mom Jean Van’t Hul of The Artful Parent made these with her daughters, and it looks like they really enjoyed themselves. The crayon melts because you actually put the wood blocks in the oven for a bit to heat them […]
