Workshop Weekend is a community-based two-day event that brings together dozens of short, hands-on workshops across a variety of disciplines, from crafting to engineering to gardening, all taught by local, passionate instructors with years of experience in their craft. We’re doing a few things differently from last time. This time, we’re just charging one admission […]
Photo of the Musical Tire Swing by Alasdair Allan. Last weekend, Alasdair Allan, Kipp Bradford, and I attended Maker Startup Weekend as mentors; we taught the participants about Arduino, electronics, and other hackery, and generally had fun helping out and watching projects reach completion. Our own Dale Dougherty kicked things off with a talk and […]
If you love to bake, you might be thinking about a DIY wedding cake. Yet even if you are a talented and confident baker, the devil is in the frosting! The trick is choosing sturdy frosting that won’t melt, tastes delicious, and is pretty. Or, you could just skip it! This naked wedding cake from […]
Most of the Barbots and their teams are returnees from previous years, but as with the DARPA Grand Challenges, the…ah… bar raises very quickly from one event to the next as the innovations pour forth. This year’s bots were all beautiful, with gracious interfaces.
Are you going to Austin for SXSW? A MAKE crew is headed out March 8-15 for the Interactive portion of the festivities, and will be involved in a variety of events. We’d love to connect if you’re going to be there.
Blake Maloof catches up with the amazing and talented Weta Workshop concept artist and super raygun artificer, Greg Broadmore.
When does fridge magnet poetry not suck? When it’s generating crowdsourced game designs being rendered by famous concept artists?
