Open Source Hardware

Video: Teenage NASA Employee Creates Mind-Control Bionic Arm

Video: Teenage NASA Employee Creates Mind-Control Bionic Arm

By Emily Coker

Emily Coker

History. Whiskey. Exploring.

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It’s always great to hear about young people doing good things for humanity. Easton LaChappelle not only blows my mind but is a huge inspiration. The 19 year old recently accepted a job with NASA after creating a 3D printed prosthetic arm that is controlled by your mind. LaChappelle become interested in robotics and technology at age 14. (Yes, you’re reading […]

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3D Print These Custom Cars And Race Them On Your Tabletop

By Matt Stultz

Matt Stultz

Matt is a community organizer and founder of 3DPPVD, Ocean State Maker Mill, and HackPittsburgh. He is Make's digital fabrication and reviews editor.

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  Bridging the gap between the virtual world and the real world is a popular topic these days. Augmented reality, Google Cardboard, and games like Skylanders are just a few products that allow us to interact in both the physical and virtual. Now, 3DRacers hope to send your Mario Kart addiction into the real world. 3DRacers […]

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Maker Pro: Essays on Making a Living as a Maker

Maker Pro: Essays on Making a Living as a Maker

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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This summer I had the pleasure of recruiting a bunch of great Makers to participate in a book project called Maker Pro: Essays on Making a Living as a Maker, a collection of essays by and interviews of professional makers. Some of the names you might have seen at Maker Faire or on the pages […]

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How to Rebuild Society (with the Survivor Library)

How to Rebuild Society (with the Survivor Library)

By Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle, or Binka, makes . While at Maker Media, she oversaw publications, outreach, and programming for kids, families, and schools. Before joining Maker Media in 2007, she worked at the Exploratorium, in Mitchel Resnick’s Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and as a curriculum designer for various publishers and educational researchers. When she’s not supporting future makers, including her two young sons, Binka does some making of her own, most often as a visual artist.

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Rocky Rawlins’ Survivor Library stores digitized 19th- and early 20th-century texts on how to build important machines and infrastructure, aiming to help civilization “survive when technology doesn’t.”

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Exclusive First Look: Inventables’ Sleek New “3D Carving” Machine Is the Designer’s Dream CNC Router

Exclusive First Look: Inventables’ Sleek New “3D Carving” Machine Is the Designer’s Dream CNC Router

Elizabeth Koprucki

By Elizabeth Koprucki

Elizabeth Koprucki

Elizabeth Koprucki is CNC Area Host at the Pumping Station: One hackerspace in Chicago, IL. She works as a design professional and maker educator, and loves to share her enthusiasm for digital fabrication with diverse audiences. You can read about her ongoing maker adventures at http://rampantcreative.wordpress.com.

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Inventables wants to put CNC milling on designers’ desktops, and they are releasing a stylish machine called Carvey to help make it happen.

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Autodesk to Call Its 3D Printer “Ember,” Premiering in Paris Next Week

Autodesk to Call Its 3D Printer “Ember,” Premiering in Paris Next Week

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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Autodesk, one of the world’s most prominent creative software companies, is launching its first piece of hardware this year.

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Ghost Gunner: A CNC Mill For Making Untraceable Guns

Ghost Gunner: A CNC Mill For Making Untraceable Guns

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Defense Distributed, the group that has been making headlines by using 3D printers to make guns and gun parts has some new headline material. They’ve just released their own CNC Mill, called the Ghost Gunner, specifically aimed at manufacturing reliable firearm parts.  The term “Ghost Gunner” is a reference to the fact that these parts, […]

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