Brady Forrest writes: A katana (commonly called a samurai sword) is a marvel of art and technology. In this week’s Ignite Episode, Jonathan Kahan walks us through its creation and usage. This was filmed at Ignite NYC 3. The katana is made of steel that’s been folded up to 20x which produces hundreds of thousands […]
Come out to central Denver to meet other makers, tour the Club Workshop public machine shop, discuss project ideas, learn and be inspired. I’ll also be giving a talk on some of my projects (electronics, machining, and carbon fiber), with lots of hands-on props to pass around. Link: Denver Maker’s Group Date: Tonight – Thursday, […]
My Dorkbot DC cohort Jon Singer sent me a link to a webpage of a buddy of his, a Croatian laser-hacker, who grew his own KDP (Monopotassium phosphate) crystals for use in a Nd:YAG laser. He had a time getting the crystals to grow, but was able to finally get some suitable growth and to […]
Well, if Episode #005 was the Failure Episode, #006 was the show without a guest. Our scheduled guest, Jeri Ellsworth, was at Notacon. Wires got crossed and she thought the show was on Saturday. Luckily, the whole thing is very casual, so Dale, Mark, and I took it all in stride and just ran with […]
Jimmie has this followup on his announcement for Maker Revolution in Boston this Saturday and Sunday: The event can pretty much be summed up as a two day extravaganza of makers, hackers, and artists getting together to share cool things they’ve made, and how to make them. There will be installation art pieces, workshops, and […]
As part of our ongoing Pinky and the Brain-worthy plot to take over the world, or in our case, make over the world, we’re thrilled to announce Make: en Español, a version of Make: Online for the Spanish-speaking world. Welcome to the Maker Media family editor Mauricio Gómez and his staff of writers. We look […]
Maker Faire Africa is a “celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, that will take place August 13-15 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana’s capital, Accra.” It is not an official Maker Faire event, but it has our blessing. Many of the African makers we’ve featured here on the […]
