Month: September 2012

Students descend on Maker Faire’s Education Day

Students descend on Maker Faire’s Education Day

Before Maker Faire starts tomorrow in New York, K-12 students got a chance to see some of the exhibits before the masses descend on the New York Hall of Science. “We want to make sure kids get here even if their parents don’t,” said MAKE founder Dale Dougherty. At Education Day kids got to play […]

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How-To: Pot Handle Cozy

How-To: Pot Handle Cozy

If you’re cooking with cast iron or metal-handled pots and pans, you’ll definitely want to check out this pot handle cozy tutorial that Abby from Things for Boys shared on Craftstorming!

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Maker Faire New York: Kelvin Doe

Maker Faire New York: Kelvin Doe

Kelvin, AKA DJ Focus, helped create a DIY youth radio station made from discarded consumer electronics salvaged from local garbage bins. He designed his own generator to power the station’s amplifier and other components. The station’s 12-volt generator is made from a home-made battery which in turn is  charged by broken DVD players. In his spare time, Kelvin DJs at kids’ birthday parties.

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Maker Faire New York: Learn About (and Buy a) Raspberry Pi

Maker Faire New York: Learn About (and Buy a) Raspberry Pi

If you’ve heard about Raspberry Pi and want to get one today (or want to learn more about the Pi), we’ll have them in the Shed at the Maker Faire this weekend. We hope we have enough, but if you really need to walk away with the inexpensive Linux computer, check in to the Maker […]

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OHS and MakerBot’s Source

OHS and MakerBot’s Source

At this year’s Open Hardware Summit (9/27) in NYC, the MAKE video team asked some key participants (from MakerBot, SparkFun, Evil Mad Scientist, OpenROV and others) what they thought about MakerBot closing off some of its source files. Here’s some of what they had to say. More: Our coverage of the new MakerBot product release […]

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360-degree iPhone Panoramic Camera Travels Across America on a Scooter

Panoramic videographer and iPhone hacker Gabriel Paez is currently half-way across the country on his coast-to-coast trip from Seaside, OR to Portland, ME. As of this writing he’s in Dubuque, IA with his 2005 Vespa PX150 named Pucho.

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