We Are Makers Seeks to Explain the Maker Movement
What is the Maker Movement? A simple question you may often hear from family and friends.
Month: July 2013
July Maker Training Camps Start TODAY
Our second month of Maker Training Camps starts today, July 1. This month, we will start new Camps for Introduction to Arduino, Introduction to Raspberry Pi and Design for 3-D Printing. In addition, we will be starting a free class called Making for Moms, which will encourage and inspire you to connect with your inner Rosie the Riveter to learn soldering, beginning circuitry and how to make a digital watch.
Zines Pop Up Underground in the New York Subway
Whoever would have thought you’d be able to buy and read zines (arty, punky, small-circulation magazines) on the New York City subway? Well, you can, at least until July 20th, thanks to The Newsstand, a curious and cool pop-up shop in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Avenue station.
DIY Watermelon Pinata
This is an adorable watermelon DIY by Oh Happy Day! What a fun summer party project.
Look out Nomiku. Here Comes Codlo
I’ve been tracking the progress of Nomiku, a consumer class immersion circulator, highest grossing food project on Kickstarter, and Haxlr8r success story. The product aims to bring to fancy restaurant technology into the home kitchen with a device that clips onto a pot of water to heat it to precise temperatures, allowing you to cook meat sous vide. The technique of slow cooking meat in a vacuum sealed bag is de rigueur at high-end restaurants, but out of reach for home users because of the price. While it hasn’t started shipping yet, Nomiku will retail for $359 and the creators call it the first immersion circulator for the home cook. But look out Nomiku. Here’s comes the second sous vide device for the home cook: Codlo
Lego Prosthetic Leg
Amazing time-lapse of Christina Stephens building her own Lego prosthetic leg.
A SketchUp, Maker Faire Mass 3D Modeling Teach-in
At Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, Sketchup Product Evangelist Aidan Chopra taught an engaged crowd about how to use his product.
