Chappie: What To Do When You Build a Sentient Robot
Sony’s Rollicking, Maker-Focused Picture Asks Big Questions
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!
Meet The Winners of the Last Pitch Your Prototype Challenge
With theย currentย Pitch Your Prototype challengeย submission period now open, let’s takeย a look at aย winning team from a previous round. Design that Matters is a nonprofitย founded by a team of MIT students to create tools to help meet basic needs in the developing world. In 2013, they’d developed a barebones phototherapy system they called Firefly, meant toย treat […]
Thinify Your Project Enclosure Using Layers of PCB
Enclosure design can be a daunting task. Unfortunately, it is a task that nearly every project will require. A forum user at the EEVblog has taken a very elegant approach to his enclosure design by constructing the entire thing from PCB. One possible benefit from this design is that getting PCB milled might be much […]
This Mushroom Artist Grows His Own Fungal Furniture
The future is destined to bring us technology composed of fungus, according to Phil Ross
Unboxing My Son’s New 3D-Printed Hand
15 years ago we gave birth to a 4lb 9oz baby boy, I was overjoyed with happiness. I wanted to hold him up to the skies like Simba from the Lion King, but at Wordsley Hospital they’re not that keen for you to do stuff like that, so I settled for the giddiness of being […]
50+ Global Issues Makers Can Solve
Lawrence Berkeley National Labโalong with USAID’s Global Development Lab, The Lemelson Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, The Good Company and OMGโhas put together a list of challenges primed for Makers to solve. They call these “Top 50 Game-Changing Technologies for Defeating Global Poverty.” These are summarized in a 20-page list, and […]
Helping Those In Need With A Portable 3D Printed Wind Turbine
In today’s connected world, cellular service is often more ubiquitous than the power needed to charge the phones. A few years ago, aย postย here atย Makeย pointed me to a story about the creation of a simpleย hydroelectric generator to help residents ofย small village in Guatemala charge their phones so that they could sell the coffee they were growing […]
