Cricut’s Unfair Lockdown
With their latest update, you have to pay to use more than 20 files per month. Here’s what’s up, and some alternative machines to look at.
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!
Play the Piper for Pi Day
Shree Bose shares Piper Make, a browser-based coding platform based on the Raspberry PI Pico and a block-programming interface based on Google Blockly. This new product launches on Pi Day 2021.
Skill Builder: Comprehending Capacitors
Learn the basics of Capacitors with this book excerpt
Open Source Hardware Certifications For Februrary 2021
the latest open source hardware certifications!
Make: Honors Women Tech Authors
Our authors are all amazing, but on this day, we want to honor a few special ones
Maker Spotlight: Jeremy Fielding
Meet engineer and youtuber Jeremy Fielding, maker of many marvelous mechanical creations.
Make:cast – Find Your Next Adventure
David Lang, author of Zero to Maker, and co-founder of OpenROV, recently decided to stop doing what he had been doing for years and begin looking for something new, looking for his next adventure. During a pandemic, it seems hard to think about your next adventure. Yet I suspect that many are thinking about what’s next, and preparing ourselves for a new challenge. David says it’s just as scary this time as it was back when he walked into TechShop not knowing anything about being a maker. He seems to be following his interest in science and how scientists can learn from the maker movement. There is a need to encourage participation by more amateur scientists — people who do science because it is an adventure, rather than a career.
