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!
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The bland-looking machines that lined the east wall of the Makerspace at Maker Faire did a good job of being entertaining throughout Maker Faire. They were constantly surrounded by kids watching them do all sorts of etching and inscribing tricks. But the three machines — from ShopBot, Epilog, and Tormach — were there for another […]
The guys at Helios don’t have anything to sell at Maker Faire. Their “smart bike” handlebars won’t be available until the fall. But here they are, at Maker Faire, in a small booth with two prototypes bicycle handlebars mounted on bikes. They are engaging with a torrent of curious Maker Faire attendees: answering questions, demonstrating […]
Outside, you could hear the thwack of hammers and the beeps of trucks backing up. Maker Faire was coming together on the Friday before opening. But inside this classroom, a very serious group of 32 were intensely focused on the process of making a makerspace. The workshop had attracted activists from all over the U.S., […]
Here’s a report back from the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition that took place in St. Louis, Missouri from April 24 – April 27, along with a slideshow and video of FIRST robots competing in an arena.
If I’m going to wake up at 6am and drive two hours to a workshop, I don’t think it’s too much to ask to see something mind-blowing. Which explains why I visited the Citizen Astronaut and Space Hacker Workshop at Hacker Dojo, right across the street from NASA Ames Research Center. Iif there’s any place to see something so amazing that it makes me angry not to have seen it before, it should be here. The day kicked off with a believable plan for getting ordinary citizens into space. That sounds about right.
MAKE’s 2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop is only a few days away and I’m really looking forward to the event, especially the “pitches with prototypes” contest. One of the entrants is Nicholas Stedman of Moti. He is trying to make robotics easy for “Designers, Developers & Devious Kids” with his Internet in a motor concept.
