Makers

Seismic Shifts: Dark Ages, Industrial Age, and Now…the Maker Age?

At the ground level, the maker movement is empowering people in garages and makerspaces to hack, tinker, and share technology to suit their needs rather than wait for others to make it for us. But collectively, the maker movement has set something much bigger in motion. It’s a force that has the power to change the course of history.That’s heady stuff, but according to thinkers Dough Rushkoff and Karim Asry that’s the potential of the maker movement. They see us standing standing on the edge of a new era—the maker era. Both men will be making this point during presentations at Maker Faire New York next week.

Cardboard: In Praise of an Underappreciated Material

Cardboard: In Praise of an Underappreciated Material

You might not be aware of it but your home has an infestation of the most abundant, versatile, free and under-utilized crafting and prototyping material ever made. A gift from the consumer driven economy we overlook everyday.

This material is sitting cluttered in scattered piles in the basement and in crawl spaces, is buried within dusty mounds in the garage and is waiting to be discarded while overflowing in the recycling bin.

The material I am referring to is good old grade-A cardboard!

Maker Faire Comes to the Netherlands

Maker Faire Comes to the Netherlands

The first-ever Kerkrade Mini Maker Faire in the south of the Netherlands is set for this weekend. The numbers of makers who responded to the call for makers was overwhelming and up to the very last moment new makers applied. With about 50 makers from all over the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Luxemburg showing their stuff, we are over the moon with what’s in store for visitors. Here are some of the standouts.