Move Beyond the Rainbow With These LED Color Tips
Here’s how to move beyond rainbows and level up the hues on your RGB LED projects.
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Top Ten Projects My Dad Would Like
This Father’s Day I rounded up 9 projects my dad would like, plus one more.
Open Healthware Conference 2026 is Coming
Incredible creators and projects at the FREE Open Healthware Conference happening July 9th & 10th in San Francisco!
Heads Up Makers! Apply Now For Featured Fall Faires
From Mare Island’s esplanade to Rome’s Gazometro, Happy Valley to the Orlando Fairgrounds, this fall share your world with the world at one of the dynamic Maker Faires featured below…and check our UPCOMING FAIRES page for smaller events across the world. Celebrate 20 Years Of Maker Faire Bay Area: September 25-27th This year is extra […]
How My Father Helped Me Become a Maker
I was born in the early 1950s, and our first family home was in a rural area of Lehigh County in Pennsylvania. My dad, Karson Albert, worked as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company, but during WWII he served in the Merchant Marines as a Midshipman on the Liberty ships. At the start of WWII, […]
Raising Kids Who Love To Make Things
It’s lunchtime as I write this and my daughter Lizzy is making lasagna, not helping with lasagna but making it. Her brother Peter sulks nearby because it was supposed to be his turn at the stove this weekend, and these two now argue over who gets to cook the way other kids argue over the […]
Learn SketchUp by Modeling DIY Lego Bricks
Learn SketchUp by designing your own Lego-compatible bricks for 3D printing.