World Maker Faire New York Call For Makers!
The Call for Makers for the 3rd Annual World Maker Faire in NYC is now open! Enter your project to take part in the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth.
Maker News
From advancements in technology and materials, to the development of innovative techniques and ideas, there’s always something new on the horizon. As a maker, your success depends on your ability to keep up with all these changes. Let’s take a look at some of the most noteworthy developments that are taking place in making right now!
Mario Brothers Papercraft Automaton
One of of crafty makers, Meg Allan Cole, got inspired to try her hand at a papercrafted automaton. Here are her results.
Maker Faire Bay Area: Team Viper Interview
One crew of bright young makers who’ve embarked on a monumental project of epic proportion go by the name Team Viper, five high school students who are all Maker Faire veterans. Team Viper is comprised of John Boyer (16), Alex Jacobson (16), Joseph DeRose (13), Sam Frank (16), Sam DeRose (17), and with help from their dedicated mentors, they’re bringing a project that’s sure to blow your mind. The Viper is a full-motion flight simulator built into the fuselage of a Piper PA-28 plane, complete with 360-degree rotation on both the pitch and roll axes, as well as a fully immersive flying environment inside. We caught up with these busy gentlemen to get a preview of The Viper.
MAKE Volume 30 Takes Flight
MAKE Volume 30 is here! Get a peek of what’s in store, including a tour of some of the 25 projects packed inside.
In the Maker Shed: littleBits Starter Kit V0.2
Looking for a simple, fun way to get your little ones into electronics? Check out the littleBits Starter Kit V2.0 available in the Maker Shed!
Back to the Future DeLorean Quadrotor
Check out this incredible scale model of Doc Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future. What sets it apart from other scale models isn’t the awesome lighting or attention to detail (Mr. Fusion, anyone?), it’s that it’s a fully-functioning quadrotor. Yep, it flies! Built using foam core and a ton of LEDs, this has to […]
March is Natural Materials Month
We’re continuing our materials-themed 2012 Skillbuilder coverage this month by highlighting materials that come more or less directly from the natural world. Most of us live surrounded by stuff that is separated from its raw ingredients by quite a bit of heavy industrial processing, and we may forget how rich a variety of ready-to-use materials nature really does present to us.