I think this slideshow, with audio excerpts from makers at the Faire, does an excellent job of covering what’s interesting, unique, and important about Maker Faires and the maker movement in general. It was put together by Sarah Tew of CBS Interactive. CNET TV
It’s been just over a month since this year’s RI Mini Maker Faire, but only a couple weeks since we decided to do it all over again with another RI Mini Maker Faire at the BIF-6 conference in Providence, RI. Here are some videos, posts, and pictures from Mini Maker Faire RI. If you have more, please post them in the comments!
We have surely entered the age of citizen science! Take, for example, my father’s reaction thirty years ago to a family history of colon cancer. He wholly cut out red meat, began taking vitamins, and started exercising daily. Melanie Swan’s reaction to the same issue, thirty years later, goes far beyond such standard health advice. […]
Sometimes I have a cute photo I want to display around the house but don’t necessarily want to go all out and buy a frame. PetaPixel has a great display solution by showing you how to turn wooden spools into photo holders. This photo spools makes it easy for you to swap out photos whenever […]
Being at a Maker Faire, you can tell what’s making an impact by what you overhear people excitedly talking about. At World Maker Faire, there was the usual chatter about old favorites like the Life Size Moustrap and Coke Zero and Mentos, and lots of excited chatter over ArcAttack!, the Madagascar Institute’s Chariot Races and […]
Andy Oakland made this Meat Head project for our DIY Halloween publication, and now this fleshy hors d’œuvre tutorial is online for free on the Make: Projects site. I’ve served a Meat Head at my Halloween parties for at least the last five years. It never fails to impress (and distress!) my guests. Wash it […]
James Corbett, from Ningi, Queensland, Australia, started making art from old car parts in 1999 while running an auto-recycling business. I especially like the frog. [Thanks, Alan Dove!]
