Artemis Mission: Making NASA’s New Moon Suits
How Axiom combines sewing and 3D printing to create the new Artemis spacesuits
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Maverick Scientist: The Briefcase of a Laser Spy
From Forrest Mims’ new book: That time the National Enquirer asked me to help spy on Howard Hughes.
GIY – Growing Fungi for Biofabrication
Elizabeth Marley is a design instructor, architect and artist who enjoys making participatory public art, collaborative biodesign adventures, and creative citizen science…just to name a few things at the top of her list. She is a lecturer at UC Davis. Elizabeth will be speaking on this topic on the Make: Stage on Sunday at Maker […]
What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace
“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has created opportunities for nurses and other medical staff to prototype solutions […]
MacGyver Challenge: Teenage Wasteland!
Think you could MacGyver your way out of a dangerous situation? Welcome to Make:โs MacGyver Challenge โ solve this emergency scenario in a creative way and your solution could be featured in the next issue of Make: magazine! Submit your answer down below by March 20. Written by MacGyver TV creator Lee David Zlotoff and […]
Unleash The Amateurs: Lessons From The Early Days Of Radio
Guglielmo Marconiโs early experiments in wireless communication, particularly his radio transmission during the 1899 Americaโs Cup yacht races, had sparked broad interest in the nascent technology. The press was closely covering these developments, which helped Marconiโs popularity but also tantalized others who longed to try and re-create his tests. They got their wish when American Electrician published detailed […]
Reusing Disposable Masks As Textiles
While attending Maker Faire Lille, I was happy to meet Mimi, an artist that got the bright idea to use discarded face masks as raw material for fashion. Mimi saw the piles and piles of used masks that were going into landfills all over and thought that she could make a statement about disposable fashion […]
