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Tis The Season For Maker Contests: Space Plants and Holiday Decorations
With holiday vacations coming up, what better way to spend a little time away from work than with a maker contest? We are very happy to announce a pair of fun and inventive competitions happening right now on Make: Projects. Growing Beyond Earth Maker Challenge NASA has proposed an interesting problem to solve: growing plants […]
These Blobs Are Actually Clever Data Visualizations
I met John Kuiphoff a couple years ago and was blown away by some very clever data visualizations he shared based on people’s YouTube channels. John’s back, and this time with another very creative approach to data visualization. In this project, John is wanting to display how much sunlight hits a specific location throughout the […]
Learn Skills From Fellow Makers This Holiday Season With Maker Campus
One of the most powerful aspects of having a local makerspace is how much you can learn from other makers. No matter what your interest, there’s likely someone out there somewhere, who can teach you the tips and tricks you need to get going. Sadly, many of us either don’t have a local makerspace, or […]
Plan C Live: Covid-19 As A Global Test Bed For Distributed Design
“While the [pandemic] has illustrated the many opportunities in collective intelligence by using new combinations of people, technology, and data to tap into our shared capacity to develop solutions to the crisis, it has also highlighted the challenges in getting the design of collective intelligence right.”
Make:cast – To Maker Faire Rome with Love
Italians have a love of innovation and design and it shows at Maker Faire Rome. In this episode of Make:Cast, I look back at Maker Faire Rome in October 2019 during a pre-Covid time when live events could happen. I was guided through Maker Faire Rome by Alessandro Ranellucci, the curator of Maker Faire Rome, along with Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino. Maker Faire Rome 2020 is happening as a virtual event this weekend.
3D Printing Upgrades For Use Outdoors
When I bought all this land I didn’t realize just how much time I’d be spending doing maintenance to keep it nice and usable. I have over a mile of trails that I keep mowed, trimmed, and basically just clear enough for casual walking. One of my favorite things is just being able to go […]
