Makers

Dublin Mini Maker Faire This Weekend!

Dublin Mini Maker Faire This Weekend!

Dublin, Ireland’s second Mini Maker Faire is set for Saturday, July 27. Last year’s event drew 5,500 attendees and 35 maker exhibits. This year’s free event promises to be even bigger with more makers. In particular, there’s been a jump in the number of fabrication makers who will showing off everything from homemade CNC machines to 3D scanning booths.

Maker Camp: Lego fun!

Maker Camp: Lego fun!

Today on Maker Camp we dive into the wide world of Lego and all the things you can make with everyone’s favorite construction toy. But Lego is more than a toy. We’ll geek out with five people who take LEGO way more seriously than you do. We’ll meet three MIT researchers from the LEGO Learning Lab, birthplace of LEGO Mindstorms and Scratch; co-creator of LUGNET (a community of adult LEGO fanatics–you can be one too!); and someone who has your dream job: building models for LEGO in Denmark!

Rockets, Flames, and fun: MAKE’s International Maker Meetup Aug. 1

Rockets, Flames, and fun: MAKE’s International Maker Meetup Aug. 1

MAKE Volume 35 is on newsstands and is loaded with fun, flashy projects! From Tesla coils to DIY sugar rockets, there’s something for every maker who loves flames, flash, and big bangs! To celebrate the release of this new issue, we’ll be hosting an international maker meetup at 6pm PST Aug. 1. We invite makers and makerspaces to join in the fun for a live hangout on Google+ and to share their electrifying creations.

Maker Camp: Boredom be Gone

Maker Camp: Boredom be Gone

Why be bored when you can make your own fun? Today on Maker Camp we’ll be making some fun game stuff with an author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun. Young maker Joey Hudy, a White House science fair veteran, (his motto is “Don’t be bored; MAKE something!”) will join us as well as his and his origami sensei mom—Julie Hudy.