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Customized MAKE robot

Customized MAKE robot

By Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Make: magazine, and the founder of the popular Boing Boing blog.

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I’m at the Albuquerque Academy today giving a soldering workshop. We are using the learn to solder kit available in Maker Shed. One student decided to give his robot antennae by not trimming the LED leads and adding blobs of solder to the tips. Very cool!

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Chris Anderson Packs the House!

Chris Anderson Packs the House!

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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DIY drones are the rage! Chris flew a quadcopter off the stage, and entertained droves of questions from how much weight the copters can carry, to FAA regulations, and announced that they would have a new ARM-based APM (Ardu Pilot Mega) by Maker Faire New York.

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Seed Bombs in Sequins

Seed Bombs in Sequins

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Come roll that clay, dirt and poppies into little “bombs” with the glam clan of Camp510 in the Homegrown Village.

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The Subtleties of Flight

The Subtleties of Flight

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Jasper Hugunin has always wanted to fly, and today on the Innovation Stage he got a shot courtesy of Aero’s flight simulator rig. The wings leverage Wiimotes to give the user a pretty awesome virtual experience of how an albatross gets around. Aero will be going from 10-10:45 on the Innovation Stage, so get here […]

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