A Stroll Through The Creators Project
My impressions of The Creators Project festival in San Francisco.
Crafty Events
Makers and Hardware Hackers at PyCon 2012
My colleague Julie Steele wrote in to let me know about all sorts of cool Maker talks at PyCon 2012. You can check them out yourself with these video links: Jason Huggins’ Building a Robot that Can Play Angry Birds on a Smartphone (or Robots are the Future of Testing): BitbeamBot (pictured above) is an […]
Open MAKE This Weekend: Needle Felting With Moxie, Henna With Darcy Vasudev
This weekend’s Open MAKE at the Exploratorium offers a day full of fun hands on activities and inspirational talks from makers of all sorts. Our good pal and needle felting guru, Moxie, will be hosting drop-in needle felting demos in the Tinkering Studio Thursday and Friday ahead of the main Open MAKE event on Saturday. […]
Vancouver Mini Maker Faire Fundraiser Extravaganza!
This Thursday, March 15th, at the Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver, BC, Vancouver makers are getting together to throw a big bash to celebrate the opening of our Call for Makers, and help raise funds for this year’s event. The evening will feature interactive demonstrations, musical performances, arts, crafts, there will be a silent auction, […]
Open House at NYSCI’s New Maker Space
Monday evening was the public open house for Maker Space, a new programming initiative at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in Queens – NYSCI also happens to be where the World Maker Faire is held (including later this year on September 29 & 30 – mark your calendars!), which in turn inspired the […]
Austin Mini Maker Faire Call For Makers
Just a reminder: If you are a maker, and you live in Austin, the call for makers to participate in the upcoming Austin Mini Maker Faire ends this coming Saturday, March 17! The Faire itself is Saturday, May 12 (Handy mnemonic: That’s 512!)
This Saturday, March 17: Young Makers/Open MAKE at the Exploratorium
Come one, come “awl” to the Exploratorium this weekend as the Tinkering Studio hosts the third of four Open MAKE Saturdays, this month on the theme of TOOLS. Explore your own creativity with makers from around the Bay Area, who will share their art, ingenuity, and techniques for making. The event runs from 10am to 2pm […]