Raspberry Pi Show-and-Tell From the First Maker Training Camp
Our Maker Training Camps are collaborative online courses designed to help makers learn a new skill or build a specific project.
Month: June 2013
Eben Upton Receives Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Congratulations are in order for Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He’s one of this year’s four recipients of the Silver Medal from The Royal Academy of Engineering.
3D Printed Fashion Show in Malaysia
When Belgium-based 3D printing innovators Materialise approached avante-garde award-winning Malaysian fashion designer Melinda Looi with an offer to collaborate on a 3D printed collection for the runway, Looi was thrilled with the opportunity. The collection involved a team of six to eight people, including three 3D modelers, two engineers, and Looi’s own design team. Each […]
Edward Snowden: Can a Refrigerator Function as a Faraday Cage?
In a counter surveillance measure, Edward Snowden told some lawyers to put their cell phones in a refrigerator to block out surveillance. Does this really work?
DiResta: Star Key
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy dives into another key project, this time fashioning a steam punk-looking key fob with old coins and three keys.
How To Make a Marriage Equality Cake
Today is a beautiful and historic day for those of us who support the human rights movement. If you want to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to end DOMA Buzzfeed shows us how to bake a Marriage Equality cake for this beautiful step forward. Did I mention it’s red velvet? IT IS.
Wayne Losey on Making Toys with 3D Printers
Wayne left a career in the toy industry when he got “tired of the game”, and co-founded Dynamo Development Labs to find new approaches to creating toys. Then he got mixed up with 3D printing.
