Life’s Lessons From the Maker’s Bill of Rights
The Maker’s Bill of Rights, a manifesto is largely about creating a resilient, open, and cooperative system—and that’s how life works, too.
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!
OpenExplorer Launches with New Adventures, OpenROV Giveaway
This week the adventure-tracking site OpenExplorer is going live to promote the explorer community, and giving away five OpenROVs to encourage citizen exploration.
We Make Health Fest – Saturday 8/16
The We Make Health Fest is this Saturday 8/16 from 10am – 4pm! If you are in the Ann Arbor, MI area, stop by the University of Michigan Palmer Commons and check it out. Presenters from the community, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Health system will be on hand to demonstrate and show […]
The First Museum-Quality 3D-Printed Whale Fossil
This true facsimile of a prehistoric whale is a treasure from the past in two places at once.
Physicists Rebuilding the Tesla Tower for Planetary Energy Transmission
A team of Russian physicists want to revisit Tesla’s greatest unrealized plan, update it with modern technology, and try to make his theoretical world-wide wireless power transmission system a reality.
Interactive Pneumatic Sponge Ball Accelerator
Friend of MAKE Niklas Roy built and installed in the Tschumi Pavilion in Groningen, The Netherlands this beautiful sponge ball apparatus to bring the joys of tangible particle acceleration to the people. I love him for it. What was the inspiration? In his words: As I’m a fan of science and physics in particular, I find it […]
Maker Faire Bay Area 2014 in GIFs
In case you missed it, here are some of our favorite moments from Maker Faire Bay Area depicted in the greatest of internet forms: the GIF.