Month: November 2012

Food Makers: with Stett Holbrook, Senior Editor at MAKE Magazine

Food Makers: with Stett Holbrook, Senior Editor at MAKE Magazine

MAKE’s first bi-monthly Food Makers Hangout on Air (1st and 3rd Wednesday, 2pm Pacific). This week features John Robb (resilientcommunity.com), Dorn Cox and Severine Von Tscharner Fleming from FarmHacks, and Jordan Miller, a research bioengineer who prints out chocolate and sugar creations that he uses to provide templates for casting vascular networks and wireframes for living tissues.

More info:
John Robb, Resilient Communities, http://www.resilientcommunities.com/
Farm Hack: http://www.youngfarmers.org/farm-hack/
Jordan Miller: http://www.hive76.org/
Baricuda Sugar Extruder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26343

Learn Arduino From a Prodigy

Learn Arduino From a Prodigy

Schuyler St. Leger presented an “Arduino 101” session at the Desert Code Camp software developer conference, held in Arizona last weekend. A 12-year-old maker and member of HeatSync Labs Makerspace in Mesa, AZ, Schuyler is a quite simply a prodigy. Schuyler does a remarkably good job explaining Arduino and walking through the basics. His pacing […]

How-To: Paper Micarta

How-To: Paper Micarta

Micarta is a genericized trademark referring to a composite material made from layers of paper or fabric impregnated with thermosetting resin. It is rigid, tough, and electrically insulating, and has many applications ranging from power distribution equipment to countertops. It is also commonly used in knife, gun, and tool handles, where its laminated construction offers decorative effects ranging from subtle wood-grain-like patterns to out-and-out gaudy riots of color.