This week on Food Makers we check in with Re:Farm the City, an international collective of hackers, designers, and farmers who create urban agriculture projects. Guests include Hernani Dias, founder of Re:Farm the City, and members Martin Garber from Spain and Max Kazemzadeh from Washington D.C.
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 […]
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.
I wrote about Kelvin Doe before his appearance at Maker Faire New York and met him at the fair. He’s a very impressive kid. He went on to wow at crowd at M.I.T. where he was a visiting fellow for three weeks. Check out this video about Kelvin. Incredible, moving stuff. The power of making is real.
You might be thinking, “Um, I know a LOT of uses for a ceramic tile.”
If you don’t have your Thanksgiving menu planned out by now you could be in trouble. But I’m here to help. On this week’s Food Makers, a live and online Google+ hangout on air, I’ll be talking to food bloggers about helpful Thanksgiving tips to make the big meal go well
I love a living tablescape and it’s especially nice to bring food into the decor for Thanksgiving. Martha Stewart shows us a fun new way to do so with these great turnip votives.
