Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee stars in Olympics opening ceremony @ ZDNet: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, was greeted by cheers on Friday as the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games celebrated his work. The event showed how digital communications have become part of everyday life via the story of Frankie and […]
Week 2, Field Trip Friday at Maker Camp. Witness filmmaking’s flying future with the National Geographic Octocopter: a camera, four propellers, and some of the most incredible nature footage ever recorded. Open ROV also joins in.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
Rhode Island’s Hacker mini conference is coming up soon, and their call for papers is still open. On September 15th, 2012, Providence will find itself chock-full-o’ Hackers, Makers, Breakers, and the like. The Brain Tank Conference will be a full day of Maker and InfoSec presentations, with plenty of fun things to see and do. […]
Preparations for Maker Faire Detroit were interrupted when a big storm hit, bringing flash flooding to the parking lot of The Henry Ford. “Fantastic,” said Katie Kunde, who enjoyed the cloudburst from inside the Maker Shed tent. Almost instantly, The LifeSize MouseTrap sat in the middle of a pond. The Power Wheel Racers were nearly […]
Maker Faire Detroit is almost upon us, kicking off tomorrow, July 28, at 9:30, and running through the weekend! The excitement is building as makers are putting the finishing touches on their projects and preparing for showtime. To wrap up our series of interviews with Detroit makers, we chat with Matt Oehrlein, president of i3 […]
In May 2011, when Joey Hudy went to his first Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., he didn’t know what a significant impact it would have on his life. For the first time, he met lots of people who understood him, and this brilliant young maker realized his own brilliance. He attended three more Faires […]
Eleven-year-old Brian Conway makes things that most boys only dream of: boats, air cannons, smoke bombs, nunchucks, rocket launchers, longbows, and a longboard skateboard, for starters. His projects are all parentally encouraged and supervised for safety, though his mom does worry about his penchant for projectiles. “I read how you can mix toilet cleaner with […]
