Meet the Maker: Morph โ A Full-Body Passive Exoskeleton You Can Actually Live With
Andrea Piccinno spent four years building Morph, an exoskeleton focused on comfort and reliability.
Science
Making Science: Inside Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Inside the amazing, make-anything fabrication shops at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
JellyLab X AnatomyHacks: Seeing the Unseen
A project from Ireland, JellyLab X AnatomyHacks, will be on display at MF Rome this October 25-27th about DIY medical innovations.
Lego Bricks + Raspberry Pi = Awesome Motorized Microscope
IBM research has released a project that allows you to build a motorized, high quality microscope from Lego bricks and a Raspberry pi for roughl $300. They call the project MicroscopPy, and they’ve shared the build notes on Github. As you can see in the video, the build is surprisingly simple and uses the standard […]
Maker’s Knowledge
Maker’s knowledge is the unique understanding of a thing by the person who made it. Author and Make: contributor Bill Gurstelle talks about his books, his favorite projects and his ongoing study of the history of science and technology, where the concept of Maker’s Knowledge has been developed. It is knowledge only available to the […]
Busting Metalworking Myths: Is It OK To Drag Your File?
If there is a more opinionated group of makers than machinists and metalworkers, Iโd be surprised. One common point of argument is when it comes to filing things. You see it in YouTube comments and even in person quite frequently. Someone goes to knock an edge off with a file, dragging both directions, and someone […]
The Making of a Scientist/Maker/Teacher
I first met Dr. Steve M. Potter at Maker Faire Atlanta, which was then hosted by Georgia Tech, where he was a professor of neuroengineering. He describes this field as the intersection of brain science and technology. His life experience combines the curiosity that led him to study how learning happens in the brain, the […]
