Teaching Programming Logic to the Ultimate Beginners: Children
How do you teach programming to children with no prior programming experience?
Robotics
Making a robot can be an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s the perfect combination of creativity, engineering and problem solving. However, if you’re just getting started in robotics, it can also be overwhelming. To make things easier for those who are just starting out, we’ve put together some tips and tricks to help makers bring robots to life! From the basics of assembling your robot to software implementation, these pointers will give you everything you need to get started on your robotic adventure!
Wicked Cool Education from NarwhalEdu
NarwhalEdu’s Kickstarter aims to bring ‘wicked cool’ engineering to high school students in an open, hands-on online course.
Pie in the Sky? Technological Hurdles for Amazon Prime Air
Yesterday Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon, announced during a 60 Minutes segment that his company has already began work on the future of shipping, called Amazon Prime Air. In short, orders that weigh under 5 pounds will be delivered to your door in 30 minutes or less, by drone.
Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Robots
Give the gift of holiday robot cheer! The holiday season is as good as an excuse as any to buy some fun robot stuff. Whether you are looking for a cool robot toy (“It’s for the kids. Really, honey!”), the latest and greatest robot kits, exciting new parts for your next robot, or books to help you learn, this is the guide for you.
Linkbot Intuitive Modular Robots
Robotics can be challenging for a beginner, but now modular robotic kits are available for educators and hobbyists that make learning intuitive and fun.
Invasion of the Christmas Robots
Give the gift of robotic ornaments this holiday. Make these cool little LED ornaments that light up when the lights go out.
More than a Dozen New Drone Products in the Maker Shed
No category has ever expanded more rapidly in Maker Shed history than the recently-added Drones and Flight category. We’ll continue adding items to the category in anticipation of the launch of Volume 37 of Make Magazine, which will focus on Drones, but I look forward seeing what our creative audience – all of you – do with these products during the Holiday season.