Maker Education is such a valuable role. These stories will bring you the latest information and tales of maker educators who area spreading the maker mindset. Help others learn how to make things or how to think like a maker at makerspaces, schools, universities, and local communities. The importance of maker education can not be understated. We appreciate our educators.
Moved to poetry by last weekend’s Maker Revolution, Jonathan penned this: Haiku on Maker Revolution: Seeing Legends Talk Sitting Round the Geek Camp Fire Watching People Make The Maker Revolution @ Microsoft Startup Labs from Boston Cyberarts on Vimeo. Bre had a spiffy time as well: We printed airplane wings, dodecahedrons, and chess pieces. Then […]
Image from the Library of Congress Check out the great photos from the 1930s-40s in Color set at the Library of Congress on Flickr. These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and […]
MAKE subscriber FrankG sent us this nice, sort of mesmerizing, video tutorial on turning an old truck leaf spring into a basic, but effective machete. Kind of a long and involved process, but I can only imagine how gratifying it would be to forge/machine your own tools and then use them on a regular basis. […]
Jimmie has this followup on his announcement for Maker Revolution in Boston this Saturday and Sunday: The event can pretty much be summed up as a two day extravaganza of makers, hackers, and artists getting together to share cool things they’ve made, and how to make them. There will be installation art pieces, workshops, and […]
Floppy Disk Notepad – More DIY How To Projects Pocket notes are such a better way to remember than depending only on the gray matter software. Maybe you have a box or twelve of old floppy disks. If you can find the ones with software labels like Aldus Pagemaker, or the like, all the better. […]
As part of our Spring cleaning sale in the Maker Shed we are offering the no-solder LED clock kits at a great discount. Take your pick in either Red or Blue, they’re both a lot of fun to build. I posted a build a while back and have enjoyed the clock ever since. When they’re […]
Image from WEEE Man WEEE Man is a massive pile of technojunk brought out of the netherworld of the e-waste stream. As an educational project, the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Man site provides useful resources for teachers and students. Their overview is a good place to start on the big picture of the […]
