Top Ten Projects My Dad Would Like
This Father’s Day I rounded up 9 projects my dad would like, plus one more.
Kids & Family
Raising Kids Who Love To Make Things
It’s lunchtime as I write this and my daughter Lizzy is making lasagna, not helping with lasagna but making it. Her brother Peter sulks nearby because it was supposed to be his turn at the stove this weekend, and these two now argue over who gets to cook the way other kids argue over the […]
Maker Faire Long Island #9: Saturday, June 6th
Back for its 9th year, Maker Faire Long Island is returning for its second year at Stony Brook University. “Maker Faire Long Island is where creativity becomes something visitors can see, touch, build and experience,” said Lisa Rodriguez, Co-Producer of Maker Faire Long Island and Director of Digital Marketing for the Long Island Explorium. “This […]
Maker Faire Los Angeles + A Century of Learning
This weekend, Sunday, April 26th – the City of STEM + Maker Faire Los Angeles is back for another year of science connections, creativity and discovery for everyone. More than two hundred organizations dedicated to science and education, along with creators and inspiring special guests from across Southern California will transform Exposition Park’s South Lawn […]
Maker Faire Philadelphia: An Historic Pier Becomes a Launchpad
On Sunday, April 19th along the Delaware River, Cherry Street Pier transforms from a relic of Philadelphia’s industrial past into a living laboratory of the future. Hosting Maker Faire Philadelphia 2026 (now in its sixth year) the pier becomes a vivid expression of the city itself—layered and constantly reinventing. Similarly, Maker Faire Philadelphia doesn’t exist […]
Live from Maker Faire Rome
Return to Roma! We’re here again in the Eternal City, myself and Maker Faire Bay Area producer Gillian Mutti, checking out this year’s crop of amazing makers, projects, and tech startups at the mother of all European events, Maker Faire Rome. It’s a huge show, produced by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and the Italian […]
Screen-Free Coding Activities for Children
We talk to Hannah Hagon about her new book “Unplugged Tots”, a collection of screen-free logic activities for young kids.