Unleash The Amateurs: Lessons From The Early Days Of Radio 02/28/2023 Guglielmo Marconi’s early experiments in wireless communication, particularly his radio transmission during the 1899 America’s Cup yacht races, had sparked...
4 Ways Amateurs Are Advancing Maker-Style Exploration 10/20/2015 Makers are reinventing and reimagining the process of discovery with citizen science.
Black Girls CODE Bringing Robots to Berkeley 11/26/2014 Black Girls CODE is hosting their first Robot Expo at UC Berkeley this December.
Turn Your Old Cell Phones into DIY Environmental Listening Devices to Stop Illegal Logging 07/25/2014 A kit to turn old cell phones into a rainforest monitoring system that tracks illegal logging.
DIYBio Group Making “Real Vegan Cheese” 07/09/2014 A group of DIYBio enthusiasts are making "real vegan cheese" using synthetic biology.
Kickstarter Simplifies Rules for Makers 06/04/2014 Kickstarter simplifies their rules. For makers, that's a good thing.
The Audacity of Making 03/03/2014 A reflection on the not always glamourous process of bringing an idea into the world.
Citizen Science and Exploration: Who Makes the Rules? 12/26/2013 The tools for citizen science and exploration are getting good. As they continue to empower amateurs, who makes the rules...
