Workshop — The Rocketman’s Garage
Meet Minnesota’s celebrated thrill-machine maker.
Makers
Maker — It Came From My Garage
Model kit makers bring B-movie monsters to your home.
Maker — Woody’s World
A Q&A with the inventor of a pirate-scaring noisemaker, a helicopter for every garage, and a way to hack gravity itself.
Made On Earth — Power Pack
Finally, you can recharge your iPod with Clif bars.
Makers: Reviewed on Slashdot
James Alguire has a review of our new book Makers on Slashdot – “Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Things In Garages, Basements, and Backyards by Bob Parks, and published by O’Reilly, celebrates the basic human desire to create, to nail together two things that have never been nailed together before and see what it does. While I have worked in construction, built computers from scratch and done my share of soldering, I still felt a sense of wonder after reading about the 76 projects outlined in this book.” Read the rest of James’s review…” Link.
The Playful Scientist (And Where to Find One)
Call me crazy, but just don’t call me mad.
Blast From the Past — Treasure Trove
Makers past and present populate a unique catalog of hard-to-find lore.
