The Maker Education Initiative is looking for new Maker Corps recruits. The application deadline has been extended to March 8 at midnight so if you are a young adult with an interest in making and looking for summer employment in maker education and leadership, you’d better act quickly.
Doughnuts are always tasty, but they’re extra tasty when they’re very colorful!
Modernly Wed is a lovely wedding blog that has inspiring ideas even for the non-engaged. Even their instagram feed is chalk-full of cool things, like this neon geometric concrete planters that someone made with a simple paint job.
Here’s a money saver: Stop buying those boxes of prepackaged microwave popcorn, and do it yourself, cheaper and healthier. All you need is a brown paper bag and some popping-corn kernels, which you can purchase cheaply in bulk. Self-proclaimed tinkerer Wardie discovered this a few months ago, and shares the details on his blog, Wardie’s World. He also figured out how to successfully salt air-popped popcorn without oil or butter!
It’s been three weeks since we launched the Scout pre-order site to the world. Scout is a hassle-free, do-it-yourself home security system. You can check it out here: www.scoutalarm.com. As we mentioned in our last post, we “rolled our own” crowdfunding site. Following in the footsteps of Lockitron, and having forked their Self Starter project, we made the decision to forgo Kickstarter. If you haven’t read Part I of this post, you can check it out here.
Scout is currently ahead of pace to hit our campaign goal. We’ve learned a lot in the last two weeks and wanted to build on the first post. Once the press hits start to dry up, you have to get creative. (Read: Hustle like crazy.) Some of the things we’ve learned, we wish we would have learned BEFORE the campaign started. Our hope is that this post better prepares the next startup to follow in our path.
Make a festive home for your tiny succulents with a hanging mini Easter egg macrame garden!
The University of Engineering & Technology (UTEC), based in Lima, Peru, recently erected this water-producing billboard in the village of Bujama, 40 miles south of Lima. In three months it has produced over 2,400 gallons of safe drinking water for nearby residents.
