Marble runs are lots of fun. But if you want to make one yourself, it generally requires building a structure of some kind and then installing or carving out gutters for the marbles to run through. A magnetic marble run sidesteps the need for building a supporting structure — your fridge can be that structure. […]
The WALL-E Builders Club is getting ready for this year’s Maker Faire, to once again show off their loveable real-world analogue to the Pixar film favorite.
Witnessing the collaboration and hands-on learning that happens at makerspaces is nothing short of inspirational. Seeing a community come together to create such a positive space for all members is thrilling. Mt. Elliott Makerspace in Detroit has been featured before on the blog, but they recently created this video titled “What Is the Mt. Elliott […]
Today is my nephew’s 2nd birthday, so I am DYING to whip him up his own mini-Super hero cape as shown on All For the Boys. How adorable are there?
At the TED2012 Conference with Ayah Bdeir of littleBits, Gregory Gage of Backyard Brains, and Bre Pettis of MakerBot Industries
I don’t see kids adding skills they’ve earned to their social networking profiles yet, I mostly see check-ins, bands, movies and status updates. While historic groups like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are sometimes associated with camping and selling cookies for many – I think there might be something new ahead. A peer to peer way of sharing and celebrating skills using the internet (think Khan Academy) and I think the scouts will ultimately go this way too, becoming “Scouts 2.0”.
Have you ever grown crystals? It’s a fun experiment: fill a small container with super saturated solutions of water and water-soluble solids, like rock salt or sugar. Then allow them to dry. Interesting crystals will form! Gratz Industries‘ Wendi and her daughter Jo experimented with several different solutions inside eggshell vessels. The coolest looking one […]
