Explore Grassroots Science at Maker Faire New York
Look for Public Lab at Maker Faire, which “is a community where you can learn how to investigate environmental concerns.”
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!
Make: Inventions “The Safety Elevator”
In this Make: Inventions, Steve builds an elevator and reenacts the death-defying stunt that Elisha Otis performed at the 1854 World’s Fair.
Testing Your Big Ideas in Space
How’d you like to get your big idea to make the world a better place studied on the International Space Station?
This Weekend: The Crucible Opens its Molten Self to the Public
Check out an Open House for the Bay Area’s coolest metal shop and teaching space.
How to Build a CNC-Milled Orrery
Ken Condal’s fantastic orrery took ten months to build and contains 30 gears. He began his work by modeling the orrery in 3DS MAX, then milling out all of the brass gears in his workshop. He also created the planets on a lathe using exotic wood, like using zebrawood for Jupiter.
Subverting Planned Obsolescence With the Fixers Collective
The Fixers Collective will be returning to Maker Faire New York this month. They invite attendees to bring their broken stuff and learn how to fix it. They describe themselves as an “ongoing social experiment encouraging improvisational fixing and mending and fighting planned obsolescence.”
MapperBot Charts a Simulated Asteroid at World Maker Faire
Gotham Laboratories will be at World Maker Faire next month to show off MapperBot, a drone that demonstrates mapping an asteroid with a plenoptic camera, which they have mounted on a quadcopter which will circumnavigate a 2-3 meter asteroid mockup and map the surface details in real time.