Here’s the video of Adam Savage’s wonderful talk at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010, captured by our friends at FORA.tv. Adam Savage Presents Problem Solving: How I Do It — Maker Faire More: Adam Savage, at Maker Faire, talking on the importance of failure
If you’re coming to our site after having seen MAKE’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder on The Colbert Report, welcome! We thought we’d take this opportunity to introduce Stephen’s viewers (and others who might be new to MAKE) to some of what we do and why. We’ve got a lot of different things going on and are […]
I met Kent Weakley and his son Lucas at Maker Faire this year — a couple of really nice guys who were there a day early with their booster tickets. Lucas helped me put together some of my projects while Kent set out with video camera in hand to capture the sights and sounds of the Faire. A few short days after it was over I got an email from Kent with an amazing video he had cut together. This is a wonderful peek into the world of Maker Faire.
MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder has a new book out, called Made by Hand. I’m reading it now and really enjoying it. Mark has a very personable, no-nonsense, humorous writing style that I’ve always loved. The book is a very personal journey into his various DIY pursuits, from packing his family up and moving them to […]
Solar & astrophysics test engineer Hank Hancock saw a comment on our Mini-Trebuchet post about how to improve the throw distance, and put up his hand to try it out. We sent him a kit, he’ll be building and documenting the before-and-after effects of adding wheels to the design.
Maker businesses are all about the people, nd these guys are two of my favorites. Adam and Matt of Wayne and Layne rock. They are incredibly bright engineers and hilarious dudes whom I think should have their own podcast in order to crack us up year round
Raven Hanna, here, of Made With Molecules. I’m a scientist-turned-artist and longtime maker involved in a number of creative science communication projects, including molecule-inspired jewelry and the project Science Tarot, which will have its own table next to the Made With Molecules’ table. This will be my second year exhibiting at the Maker Faire, and […]
