Leonardo’s Basement is an educational organization for kids ages 6-16 (about 40% girls), with an emphasis on hands-on learning with the help of scientific, artistic, creative, and tool-based classes. Situated in an actual basement, with a hip coffee shop above it, the space offers lots of cool and inspiring opportunities for learning maker skills.
Who are the best makers in our popular culture, and do they know how to write in cursive? These are the questions we have to ask!
This Saturday, August 17, North Carolina makers are converging upon the Holly Hill Mall from 10a.m. to 6p.m. to share their what they make at the second annual Burlington Mini Maker Faire.
Maker Hangar is a 15-part video series by Lucas Weakley. In Episode 12 of Maker Hangar, Lucas Weakley shows us how to set up the radio for the plane. We learn how to zero out the control surfaces, how to check for the correct directions of all the controls, and how to program in the […]
Maker Camp, a six-week virtual summer camp for teens, concludes tomorrow and it’s been a fun, wild, and, we hope, educational ride. Our last show starts at 11am PDT on Google+ and it promises to be a great one. To wrap things, up we’re taking a field trip to the magic world of Pixar, makers of movies like Toy Story, Monsters Inc., WallE, Monster University, Cars, and Finding Nemo. Maybe you’ve heard of them.
But that’s not all.
Another highlight of the field trip will be a virtual visit from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who will speak about the future of STEM education and the importance of programs like Maker Camp to support the initiative.
Subscribers to the MakerBot mailing list were tantalized by a brief product teaser advertising the MakerBot Digitizer, a new and very polished-looking 3D scanner that creates 3D design files of small objects. All you do is place the item on the scanner and it is rotated and scanned with lasers.
Our very own Meg Allan Cole has put together another super fun video for those inclined to the colorfully coordinated with these DIY Pantone Wall Art and Accessories projects!
