Learn to Make Interactive Graphics with Updated Getting Started with Processing
The latest release of Processing 3 is marked with an updated edition of Getting Started with Process.
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Every Single Barnes & Noble Will Host a Mini Maker Faire This Weekend
If you live near a Barnes & Noble, there’s a Mini Maker Faire headed your way. Grab some Maker Media books, meet your favorite authors, and jump into a hands-on workshop.
Make a Simple Thumb Ring Book Holder
When I saw one of these “thumb ring book holders” (aka a “book ring”) in my online travels, I knew this was something I wanted to make and try out. I have arthritis in my hands and arms so holding books and tablets in bed is always a struggle. For a while, I had one […]
DiResta: Book Binding
In this edition of DiResta, Jimmy uses a mix of old techniques and new shortcuts, including some from YouTube, to bind his lab notebook.
All Points Patchwork Project Excerpt: Making Templates for English Paper Piecing
All over the crafty internet right now, it seems like everyone is quilting. Hexagons, triangles, and all manor of fabric-fuelled geometry abound, and right at the center of all of that quilt-y goodness is the rise in popularity of English paper piecing! English paper piecing—EPP for short—is a hand-quilting technique that allows complete beginners and […]
Maker Entrepreneurs Shine at MakerCon Launch Pad
The premise of MakerCon’s Launch Pad competition is fairly simple. 10 Maker-based startups give a five-minute pitch of their product or idea to a panel of five judges. The judges deliberate and award a grand prize ($5,000 and free booth space at Maker Faire) to the most promising company. But from what I saw today, […]
GE’s FirstBuild Offers $60,000 in Prizes at Upcoming Appliance Hackathon
Have you ever been standing in your kitchen, operating some appliance, and thought of a better way to do the task? Maybe you’ve come up with a change to the design that would make things easier or more efficient. That is the moment that FirstBuild hopes to capture. Currently there is a huge gap […]
