Power Down with DMAIC
To reduce your electricity usage, try an engineer’s problem-solving method.
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!
Plankton Evangelist
The eccentric saga of Russ George.
Making Trouble — 5,000 Days? CO2 Targets and How Much Fossil Fuel We Can Burn
We need to commit to hard numbers of where we wish to go, and we need to consider carefully the cost of building infrastructure.
Welcome — Remake: America
Together, we’ll begin to make considerable progress on this giant, multi-generational DIY project, which we’re calling ReMake America: Building a Sustainable Future.
12 steps with Paul Polak
Last summer, I went with several youth leaders from Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn to hear Paul Polak speak. He was one of the opening speakers for the IDDS conference hosted by D-Lab at MIT. He appeared on Fresh Air last year: Paul Polak, founder of the nonprofit International Development Enterprises, has spent 25 […]
Make: Talk #008 show notes & next episode, today at 12-noon PDT
Last week, our guests on Make: Talk were Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne of Homegrown Evolution. We talked to them about their book, Urban Homestead (Process Media), their blog, and their urban farming efforts. A couple of good points were made: that you don’t have to do urban “homesteading” with any sort of crunchy-granola political […]
Flippy-clock wristwatch and electrical discharge machining
Another day, another couple of cool, wacky vids from Fatman and Circuit Girl. In the first vid, Jerri has George laughing his butt off over her ridiculous flipdown clock wrist watch. Tres chic, it ain’t! In the second video, Jeri explains EDM, electrical discharge machining, a technique that came up recently on Make: Talk. She […]