The Atmel Education Panel
It’s not just Maker Faire here in New York—it’s Maker Week—and there are a huge number of side-events, panels, and hackathons going on around the city. As part of this Atmel hosted a makers in education panel.
Year: 2013
The Makerspace Chasm
Ever notice how most makerspaces less than 4,000 square foot are powered by volunteers and are rich with community? Ever notice that larger makerspaces tend to have more than 12,000 square foot, are powered by paid staff and are relatively slim on community? At How to Make a Makerspace this gap was characterized as the makerspace chasm.
As Gui Cavalcanti said during class, “There’s a reason that there’s such a specific divide between small spaces and large spaces. Once you get much larger than 3,000 – 4,000 square feet, the space becomes incredibly difficult to manage with only volunteers. Spaces that aren’t large enough, however, can’t pay staff.”
10 More T-Shirts from World Maker Faire NY
Day two of our sartorial bread and butter.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!
Bard Rock Performs Lyrics from Shakespeare Plays
NYC-based Bard rock is a band of traveling players, performing Shakespeare’s lyrics for a modern audience. They think Shakespeare rocks! Here they perform lyrics from Act 2, Scene 2 in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Sharpening Chopstick Skills with “Chopsticking”
ITP students Christina Carter and Jess Jiyoung Jung want to help you improve your ability to get sushi into your mouth with their deliciously engaging two player board game called “Chopsticking,” find them on Science Avenue in Zone D!
How to Fab Your Designs Locally
OpenDesk is from the group of designers behind WikiHouse. While their initial project was an open hardware shelter this second project grows out of insights from the first.
