Patent Depending, The “Nonsense” Inventions of Steven M. Johnson at Maker Faire
How the goofy inventions of Steven M. Johnson serve a serious design purpose.
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Make: Teams Up with Fat Brain Toys for Kid Toy Design Challenge
A contest challenging kids to invent their own dream toy or game and have it released as an actual product.
Exploring the History of Great Ideas with Make: Inventions
We revisit the wonderful Make: Inventions video series with Steve Hoefer
Inventing a Better Mousetrap, a History of American Patent Models
A new book from Make: exploring the history of early American invention through its patent models
I Built a Robot in my Garage to Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Daniel Albert set out to show that it is possible to build a full size biped that can walk for well under $10,000. He’s trying to beat the odds and compete against the big guys at the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
Make: Inventions “The Safety Elevator”
In this Make: Inventions, Steve builds an elevator and reenacts the death-defying stunt that Elisha Otis performed at the 1854 World’s Fair.
Make: Inventions “The Airbag”
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve makes an airbag system that can detect a crash and deploy safely in 1/20th of a second.
