Want to Kickstart Your Makerspace?
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.
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!
Thinking about a Maker Conference Center
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?
27 Fantastic Photos of Maker Faire
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.
GE Encourages Makers With FirstBuild
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, […]
Manufacturing Advice from Shenzhen, at MakerCon
“No hardware plan survives contact with a factory.” That was the message from Cyril Ebersweiler, one of the speakers at a standing-room-only workshop on the first day of MakerCon. The workshop was titled, “Advanced Manufacturing: Partnering to Get it Made.” Ebersweiler is the founder of the hardware accelerator HAXLR8R that’s based in Shenzhen and the […]
French Maker Revolution: An Interview with Bertier Luyt
Bertier and his team are going big to organize the upcoming, large-scale Maker Faire Paris.
A Tour Through America’s Handmade Past
Mercer Museum is home to Dr. Henry Chapman Mercer’s collection of American artifacts and tools.
