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The Soul of America – We Are All Amateurs

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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@nicknormal

May 15th, 2012 582

Bunch of Amateurs by Jack Hitt hits the stands today. A contributing editor to This American Life, Hitt’s book argues that the “DIY impulse” and “amateur collaborations” are rooted in “the soul of America.”

“Design For Hack” in Medicine

By Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad is a broad-spectrum enthusiast, writer, maker, and dad who lives in San Francisco. He hatches schemes at http://investian.com.

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April 3rd, 2012January 12th, 2017 9

MacGyvering nurses and Legos are helping to create MEDIKits for better health care.

How Toys Can Save Lives on CNN’s The Next List This Sunday (April 1)

By Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad is a broad-spectrum enthusiast, writer, maker, and dad who lives in San Francisco. He hatches schemes at http://investian.com.

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March 30th, 2012 4

CNN’s The Next List this Sunday, April 1, will profile Jose Gomez-Marquez, who hacks toys to make inexpensive and flexible medical equipment for developing countries.

Pulse Sensor Kits, Lovingly Hand-Assembled in New York

By Yury Gitman

Yury Gitman

Artist, Educator, Designer, Fun Daddy

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March 15th, 2012 4

The Pulse Sensor Kit (MAKE Volume 29) is assembled by us. Fans of Frederick Taylor’s “time and motion studies” will enjoy this time-lapse video of our assembling about 800 kits to go out into the world.

Make: Projects – Tiny Wanderer Bump Sensor and “Moth” Behavior

By Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad

Paul Spinrad is a broad-spectrum enthusiast, writer, maker, and dad who lives in San Francisco. He hatches schemes at http://investian.com.

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February 22nd, 2012 2

Two Make: Projects teach the Tiny Wanderer robot (from MAKE Volume 29) new tricks: Bump sensor navigation and light-avoiding “Moth” behavior.

Reel Crime: The Pulse Sensor Counterfeit LEDs Story

By Joel Murphy

Joel Murphy

Hardware, baby, hardware.

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February 17th, 2012 80

Drinking our tea in cozy confidence, we plugged the production samples into Arduino, put the unit on our fingertip, and casually looked at the screen for the Processing sketch to perfectly render our heartbeat. [Cue first spit-take.]

In the Maker Shed: Making Things Talk, Second Edition (PDF)

By Michael Castor

Michael Castor

I am the Evangelist for the Maker Shed. It seems that there is no limit to my making interests. I'm a tinkerer at heart and have a passion for solving problems and figuring out how things work. When not working for Make I can be found falling off my unicycle, running in adverse weather conditions, skiing down the nearest hill, restoring vintage motorcycles, or working on my car.

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@MichaelCMaker

December 21st, 2011 0

Still need a last minute gift for a maker but don’t want to pay for next day or overnight shipping? Why not give them a .PDF of one of my favorite books, Making Things Talk, from the Maker Shed!

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