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!
A few months ago, Sproutel, the company behind Jerry the Bear, the interactive bear that helps kids with Type 1 diabetes learn to live with the disease, decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign. When the campaign went live, today on Indiegogo, it had an unusual perk: for $3 million you can buy 12,000 bears, which […]
When you want to move uptown from funky, plastic 3D-printed jewelry, you now have more options. Starting with a new resin from MadeSolid, which has just released Firecast resin, designed specifically for investment casting, the process commonly used to turn 3D prints into jewelry. Conveniently, and coincidentially, Shapeways, the 3D print service company, has just expanded […]
A project called Mew combines the interactivity of a theremin with the sound and texture of a cat.
Amongst the announcements made today by President Obama at the White House Maker Faire is the creation of a new funding category for Makerspaces by the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
If makers designed their own conference center, what would it look like? In what ways would it improve the venues we now use for conferences?
Is it fair to say this was the best Maker Faire yet? Yes, it is. Check out these hot-off-the-card shots from Maker Faire Bay Area 2014 by our photo editor Jeffrey Braverman and photographer Gunther Kirsch.
Walking around MakerCon, you never know who you will run into. Taylor Dawson was a pleasant surprise. He took a few minutes to tell us about Firstbuild.com. FirstBuild is a community site designed to help foster creativity and making. It focuses mainly on innovations around the house, like cooking, food disposal, clothing care, and refrigeration, […]
