Kicking off the Hardware Innovation Workshop
MAKE’s Hardware Innovation Workshop gets kicked off to an appreciative crowd, greeted by Dale Dougherty.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Building a Better You: Makers Hack the Human Body
Aided by affordable materials, 3D printers, and open source technology, the merging of human and machine is a thriving subset of the maker community. Next week’s World Maker Faire New York will showcase a number of these projects and the makers who made them. These projects are also a testament to the best impulses of human nature: once we possess new skills and technology we look for ways to use them as a force for good and to share them with others.
From Barbie to Badass II: The Make Lab Rats Race a Transformed Power Wheels Jeep
The thrilling conclusion of the Make Lab engineers badass go-kart performance at Maker Faire Bay Area. And a crash video.
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.
Laser-Cut a Drag Chain
Martin Raynsford made this drag chain out of parts he laser-cut out of 2mm MDF. A drag chain protects wires from snagging, usually on constructs that move, like the toolhead of a CNC router.
Designing Makerspaces at Maker Faire New York
It’s time for another World Maker Faire! Soon, tens of thousands of people will come to New York to see hundreds of art pieces, robots, vehicles, and everything in between. Many of the pieces on display were created by dedicated makers working out of their garages, but a growing number of them are being designed and built in makerspaces around the country – spaces that provide access to equipment, training on that equipment, dedicated areas to work on your project, and a community of like-minded makers.
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.