Black Makers Month: Amon Millner
Amon Millner is a member of the Modkit team. I also first met him at Maker Faire in Austin, Texas. He does a lot of cool stuff and his students do really cool stuff, too.
Year: 2013
How-To: DIY Vase Necklace
Turn a dollar store toy bowling set into a trendy DIY vase necklace. Mich L. in LA will show you how!
Introducing the Maker Pro Newsletter
The mission of the Maker Pro Newsletter is to inform, analyze, educate, and catalyze as we explore emerging opportunities for makers. We’re thrilled at what’s happening in this arena and want to share the good news as we find it…
Star Trek iPad Cozies
Etsy user Knitter Who made these nifty Star Trek iPad cozies. These make perfect sense.
Teen Launches Hello Kitty into Space
Thirteen-year-old Lauren Rojas’ science fair project has taken off in ways she never imagined. The seventh grader at Cornerstone Christian School in Antioch, Calif. saw a Visa commercial that featured three guys sending a balloon into the upper atmosphere. She wanted to do something simliar to test a hypothesis about the effects of altitude on air pressure and air temperature.
“I learned a lot more about space than I ever knew,” she said.
She also got an unexpected lesson in internet fame.
Gruesome/Awesome Web-Controlled Puppet
Twitr_janus is a live physical avatar — a puppet that can be controlled remotely through Google Drive, Twitter, and Skype. Inside: an Arduino and webcam. Outside: hot glue face (shaped with a silicone latex mold) and paper mache skull (shaped over carved polystyrene).
Spring Has Sprung, Because Faire Season Has Begun
Call for Makers are open and active for over 20 Maker Faires around the globe. A good number are being organized by science and children’s museums, often in collaboration with local makers or makerspaces. Jerusalem Mini Maker Faire (March 18/19) and Tyler Mini Maker Faire (March 23) are two examples.
