The Project Remake Contest Ends in One Week
The Project Remake Contest ends in one week. Enter your project now for a chance to win one of five MakerBot Replicators up for grabs!
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Repurpose – Sierra Magazine’s Craft Column
The Sierra Club’s magazine publishes re-use projects regularly now, because making is a part of environmentalism.
Detroit’s Ride It Sculpture Park
While some folks may look at a dilapidated house, an abandoned field, and an overgrown alley and see urban decay, the fine folks at non-profit Power House Productions, along with a team of artists and skate professionals, see DIY art-infused skate park with the potential to breathe new life into one Detroit neighborhood. From their […]
Open MAKE: Celebrating Trash at the Exploratorium
Open MAKE: Trash event at the Exploratorium celebrated garbage as a medium for creativity and a tool for learning.
Converting An Inkjet Printer To Print PCBs
Proof that no piece of technology is ever truly outdated, maker Ryan Pourcillie has converted an Epson C86 inkjet printer to print PCBs onto copper clad boards positioned on a modified metal print tray. Armed with a Dremel, and making many clever modifications to the printer chassis, his printer has been converted to print using […]
Tomorrow: Saturday, April 21: Young Makers/Open MAKE at the Exploratorium
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21 from 10am-2pm, we will enjoy the final Open MAKE at the Exploratorium before Maker Faire. In fact, it’ll be our last Open MAKE at the original site of the Exploratorium before the museum moves to the piers. (Sniff!) So you have many reasons to “dump” everything else you are doing and […]
Concrete Canvas Furniture
A clever designer meets a clever material: See how Florian Schmid uses Concrete Canvas to sew soft forms that harden to durable furniture when water is applied.
