The Kano KitโBuilding a Raspberry Pi Computer
The Kano Kit takes the Raspberry Pi back to its roots and earlier today I talked to Alex Klein, co-founder of Kano Computing, about the kit, why they put it together, and their Kickstarter campaign.
Education
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.
Using Scooters and Go-Karts to Disrupt Engineering Education
Charles Guan has an “undying desire to create that which should not be created”, like his treaded skateboard (called LandBearShark). For the last two years, he has been sharing his fabrication knowledge with MIT engineering students as an instructor in a disruptive course that he created, which requires that they build and race a custom electric vehicle.
Circuit Pattern Cards Provide a Resource for Tinkerers
Nick Johnson’s circuit pattern cards feature an important circuit that you’re likely to need if you’re an electronics tinkerer.
New Series Debuts: How Does Nature Make It?
How Does Nature Make It? is a collaboration between MAKE and the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute, a non-profit dedicated to equipping innovators with the tools to solve sustainability challenges using nature’s designs and core principles. The most popular of those tools is AskNature, the world’s most comprehensive catalog of nature’s solutions to human design challenges. By understanding how these adaptations work, makers can mimic ideas that have thrived in balance with Earthโs complex systems. This series explores these adaptations.
Carla Diana
Marc de Vinck ran into Carla Diana today and she told us all about her forthcoming book from MAKE.
Reading Rainbow 2.0
LeVar Burton stopped by Engadget Expand to talk about the launch of his tablet application to supplement Reading Rainbow. Burton is probably best known to the maker community for his role as Geordi LaForge on Star Trek the Next Generation, but ’80s babies also know him as the host who told you, “Of course, you […]
Deep Sea Fishing from the Comfort of Your Living Room
I would like to share a fun way to bond and fish with family while staying warm and cosy in the living room. Plus, no water or worms are necessary to catch these unique fish. With inexpensive and simple materials such as scrap cardboard, duct tape, spray paint and dollar store magnet sheets, Velcro and toy fishing rods, a portable โdeep seaโ fishing game can be made with ease.
