Through a U.S. manufacturing partnership with Adafruit and the launch of a new global sister brand called Genuino, Arduino.cc today announces a couple of big moves that address the manufacturing challenges that have emerged for the company over the past few months. Much of 2015 has seen the open-source board maker defending itself from its […]
Today at Maker Faire Sam Ortega โ the Program Manager of NASAโs Centennial Challenges Program โ announced a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3D printed habitat intended for deep space exploration.
At most concerts, audienceย interaction is usually limited to cheering and listening. Here at Maker Faire, we get to see the crowd involved much, much more. The KaLEDoscope, designed by Grant Davis, is a mixture of a kaleidoscope and a camera that gets projected on the massive screen behind the stage. It is really fun to […]
While it’s not often talked about, many Makers wait until the last minute to finish their projects. It’s most likely because we are all simply extremely busy and fit making into any, and every, available moment. During MakerCon we caught up with Anouk Wipprecht in the Maker Media Lab, who was furiously working to complete […]
In need of some weekend craft inspiration? Have a treat, then turn the packaging into a piece of fun DIY jewelry with this Starburst candy wrapper bracelets project! In a throwback to awesome summer camp activities of yore, I’m utterly charmed by this sweet take on a classic childhood craft. (I think we did this […]
Hydraulic Robots Why would you want to use hydraulics on your robot? It was good enough for the car-sized fighting robots Mark Setrakian designed for Robot Combat League, the show he helped develop for the SyFy network. I’m not suggesting you build a giant robot (although that’d be pretty cool), but there is plenty you […]
For the first time ever, Maker Faire Bay Area started on Friday this year, and it was fantastic โ hundreds of makers showing their stuff for thousands of lucky kids. Check out the photo gallery here for just a small preview of what you’ll see this weekend at Maker Faire. We call it Friday@MakerFaire, with […]
