DARPA

Analy Community Makerspace, Online and on the Air

Analy Community Makerspace, Online and on the Air

While MAKE hosted its first 3D printer meetup in Sebastopol last week, across town at Analy High School Project Make unveiled the Analy Community Makerspace, a new community makerspace at Analy High School. The facility is the new home for Project MAKE, a program aimed at reinventing the shop class with new tools for a new generation of makers and tinkers. The students at Analy are already making cool stuff. Check out this video student Miles Pepper produced about the brand new facility.

Makerspaces in Education and DARPA

Makerspaces in Education and DARPA

Recently, Mitch Altman announced publicly that he’s not participating in Maker Faire this year because MAKE received a DARPA award for education. I have talked to Mitch and shared in detail our proposed work. I have listened to him express his concerns about the DARPA award. I don’t agree with Mitch, but I respect his opinion. I believe that Mitch’s public statements do not fairly characterize the program and have caused confusion about DARPA’s role. I’d like to explain what we’re doing and why.