Explore Grassroots Science at Maker Faire New York
Look for Public Lab at Maker Faire, which “is a community where you can learn how to investigate environmental concerns.”
Year: 2013
How-To: Slim Down Vintage Neckties
Give your thrift store finds a modern skinny tie makeover with Mark Montano’s new video tutorial!
Special Event: Live Interview with MakerBot’s Bre Pettis, Monday 9/16
Live interview with MakerBot’s Bre Pettis on Monday 9/16
Cardboard Dinosaur Costume
Tanaka Satoshi created this ferocious fully articulated dinosaur costume from cardboard. [via Lustik]
How-To: Hexagon Quilt Border
Finish a hexie quilt in colorful geometric style with a fun hexagon quilt border!
Building a Better You: Makers Hack the Human Body
Aided by affordable materials, 3D printers, and open source technology, the merging of human and machine is a thriving subset of the maker community. Next week’s World Maker Faire New York will showcase a number of these projects and the makers who made them. These projects are also a testament to the best impulses of human nature: once we possess new skills and technology we look for ways to use them as a force for good and to share them with others.
Zoetrope Cake Animation
If you like cakes that you can only eat with your eyes, then feast on this amazing animated zoetrope cake sculpture from artist Alexandre Dubosc.
