Sad day for Makers – Unauthorized book from Klutz and Scholastic “BristleBots”

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Hi Crafters! Phil over at MAKE has a scary report of a sighting he had at Toy Fair in NY yesterday. It’s a terrible thing that can happen to any of us Makers and Crafters. Read on…
Phil @MAKE writes:

If you recall BristleBots on MAKE back in 2007 it was from our friends and MAKE advisory board members Evil Mad Scientists. Windell and Lenore are tireless makers always sharing and creating – unfortunately it seems that Klutz and Scholastic may have taken their works and ideas without permission. I was waiting until I heard back from Klutz (and Scholastic) to get comment from them and will update this article if/when they do, but it’s been over a day and other sites are starting to pick up this story (DVICE). Here’s the book Marc and I saw at the Toy Fair…
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Read the rest of the post over on MAKE

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