Facilitating Gender Parity: One Engineering School’s Journey
Joseph Helble, dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, talks diversity in engineering classes, and how to achieve it.
Pumpkin Carving Tools and How to Use Them
Step up the pizazz of your pumpkin carving with these readily available and handy tools.
Create a 10-Foot-Tall Fire Tornado
With a few household items, you can build a firenado that will put smaller fires and tornadoes to shame.
NASA Crowdsources Exploration with Challenges, Grants, and More
The Centennial Challenges program is one of NASA’s shining stars, and frequently has incubated the cash-winning contestants into government-contracted entrepreneurs such as the winners of the Astronaut Glove, Lunar Lander, and Power Beaming challenges.
Hello, World Maker Faire
World Maker Faire isn’t just about sculpture and robots and art and fire — it’s also about the people whose lives are changed from attending.
R2-D2 Parties Under Massive Disco Balls at Maker Faire Milwaukee
Maker Faire Milwaukee was a huge success with robots and fun galore.
The Secret Storytellers Behind Maker Faire’s Exhibits
It may seem that Maker Faire is just a jumble of awesome projects. Actually, these things are placed very intentionally and with great care.