Maker News

From advancements in technology and materials, to the development of innovative techniques and ideas, thereโ€™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!

Maker Faire Shenzhen Visitor Registration

3 Reasons You Should Register For Maker Faire Shenzhen Now

This year, Maker Faire Shenzhen 2019 will be focusing on the theme โ€œTo the Heart of Community, To the Cluster of Industryโ€. With a full chain events for technological innovations, you can look forward to the Maker Summit Forum, Maker Booths (includes highlights and performances), as well as Innovation workshops. MFSZ2019 will showcase innovative applications […]

Bio Inspired: Many NASA Rover Concepts Evoke Living Creatures

Bio Inspired: Many NASA Rover Concepts Evoke Living Creatures

This is an excerpt from Make: Soft Robotics, A DIY Introduction to Squishy, Stretchy, and Flexible Robots. Find it at here.     As NASA-funded soft robotic and compliant system concepts begin to attract attention,ย we jokingly refer to the rover concepts as the โ€œMenagerieโ€ since so many take research inspiration directly from animals. These bioinspired […]

Where In World Is the ISS? Three Ways To Locate Humanityโ€™s Only Space Outpost

Where In World Is the ISS? Three Ways To Locate Humanityโ€™s Only Space Outpost

When Chinaโ€™s Tiangong-1 burned up last year, it left the International Space Station (ISS) as humanityโ€™s sole outpost in space. Today six astronauts live aboard the ISS, performing spacewalks and science experiments, filming scenes for an upcoming virtual-reality series, and unloading cargo deliveries from capsules like Northropโ€™s Cygnus and SpaceXโ€™s Dragon. These brave astronauts orbit […]