Quick Sew: 30 Minute Mermaid Tail Skirt
Make this sweet little tail skirt for the mermaid loving girl in your life.
Making a Maker City — National Associations (Part 3 of 3)
Recognizing patterns can be useful. When building a Maker City ecosystem it’s helpful to know which institutions to target for partnering. Examples of recurring partners include libraries, science museums, colleges, fab labs, and high schools. Gaining their attention, educating them and getting them onboard takes time, persistence, and a lot of energy. Wouldn’t it be […]
Rockstar Robots: Meet RX Robots Medi
Celebrities in general have always taken up some humanitarian causes, whether it’s taking care of hurricane victims or visiting young fans at children’s hospitals and robots are no different. Take RX Robots MEDi (Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence) robot for example, you’ve seen it before but probably couldn’t remember its name. Regardless, this little […]
High Tech and Handcrafts Meet in the Ozarks
The lusciously vegetated rolling hills and mountains stretching over the southern half of Missouri and northern end of Arkansas are called “the Ozarks.” This area is riddled with national forests, scenic water ways, more caves than you can imagine. It is absolutely gorgeous and it is where I call home. Any time the Ozarks are […]
Working, Life-Size Car Built from Half a Million Lego Pieces
We’ve seen a lot of insanely great adult Lego projects over the years, but this one takes the cake. This full-size hot rod is the brainchild of Steve Sammartino, a young marketing guy from Melbourne, Australia and Raul Oaida, a 20-year old self-taught engineer from Romania that Sammartino met over the Internet. Money for their […]
Paper Fun: Easy Origami Butterflies
Need a quick craft break? Fold a colorful origami butterfly or two! Ready to take a creative time-out? Grab a few squares of paper, then head on over to Red Ted Art to learn how to fold your own easy origami butterflies.
Build Your Own Retro 80’s Musical Toy
Perhaps the most iconic 80’s music toy was the Magical Musical Thing from Mattel. The TV commercial featured a kid playing melodies with one finger on the toy’s keypad strip — and finishing by playing it with his head! Now you can make your own custom version!