Hostess Gift Idea: Etched Wooden Spoons
This holiday season, thank your host or hostess with something stylish and handmade. Make a set of lovely etched wooden spoons!
Month: November 2013
When Making Meets Working
The more technology rules our lives, the more our worlds blur. Thanks to smartphones, tablets, cloud services, 3-D printing, etc. the walls between the workplace and our personal lives are melting. While at work, we address personal email and buy holiday gifts. At home on a Saturday, we respond to work email and research a new software purchase for work. Somewhere in between we find the time to tenaciously tinker in our garages and remember what itโs like to explore science and technology for the pure fun of it. Why not bring our garage creations and maker mindsets to the workplace?
Review: Airwolf AW3D XL
Taking cues from both the RepRap Air and Prusa, the Airwolf AW3D XL is a solid, robust machine with a lot of potential that produces quality, large-volume prints.
The Maker Movement Loses Steampunk Artisan: Datamancer
Celebrating the life and work of innovative steampunk artisan Richard “Datamancer” Nagy. RIP, Doc.
Monitor Your Indoor Garden With Weekend Projects and the Potted Plant Protector
Build a basic three-sensor circuit for monitoring the health of your household plants. We’ll analyze the plant’s soil moisture, temperature, and the amount of light the plant receives.
Vitalijs Markuns’ Traditional Matchstick Houses
Lithuanian artisan Vitalijs Markuns likes to come up with new ways to construct these striking houses out of matchsticks without any glue, and then share his process with others.
Santiago Mini Maker Faire : Oculus Rifting & DIY Instrument Band
This past weekend, thousands of Chileans descended upon a lovely little park in central Santiago called Parque Quinta Normal. I arrived around 11am on a bright and sunny Saturday morning. I walked through the entry gates of the park and when I saw a huge yellow circus tent in the middle of the park, I knew I was in the right plac
