Stretch Your Maker Faire Experience to Zone E: The Butterfly Bikes Are Waiting for You
It’s Day 2 of Maker Faire. Time to light out for new territory. Zone E to be exact.
Month: September 2013
How-To: Decorative Knotted Pendant Lamp Cords
Give your hanging lights a stylish new look with this tutorial for adding decorative knots to pendant lamp cords!
Firefly Wins Pitch Your Prototype Competition
Firefly Newborn Phototherapy, a project by the non-profit Design That Matters, was awarded the first prize in the Pitch Your Prototype competition today at World Maker Faire New York.
10 Great T-Shirts Seen at World Maker Faire NY
It’s our sartorial bread and butter.
Skating and Creating With Happy Cloud Cruiser at Maker Faire NY
At Maker Faire Bay Area this past May, MAKE videographer Nat Heckathorn and I tackled the hills of San Mateo on longboard skateboards. Well, Nat had a longboard. I had a wobbly little cruiser ill-suited to fast descents. On my second run I went down hard on my hip and up popped a grapefruit sized hematoma of swirling black and purple that lasted for weeks.
As I got ready for World Maker Faire New York, more than one colleague told me to stay away from skateboards lest I injure myself again. I complied but then I met up with Andreas Ekberg.
Pepperoni Pizza Earrings
Let your ears in on all the fun your mouth has been having with these incredible pepperoni pizza earrings from Hummingbird Miniature.
littleBits: Children are Teaching Adults to Make Again
littleBits CEO Ayah Bdeir spoke at the Make: Innovation stage about littleBits, a line of kid-friendly modular electronics. She said when kids see littleBits they dive right in and start building circuits, while adults are much more fearful, afraid they’ll break something and wanting to read the instructions first.
