Love at First Maker
Hear the story of Paula Chang and Mike Cheung, who met at Maker Faire Bay Area and now run a DIY business from their home and garage in Oakland, CA.
Workshop
Ten Tips for Drilling Better Holes
Let’s take a look at ways of making drilling holes better and easier.
Headed Out? Don’t Forget Your Maker Bag!
A Maker Bag is a must-have companion for your next hackathon. What’s in yours?
Mini Maker Faire Workshop Friday Before Maker Faire Bay Area
Love Maker Faire? Wish you could bring Maker Faire to your town? Come to the Mini Maker Faire Producers’ Workshop on Friday, May 18th, the day before Maker Faire Bay Area, and find out more about Maker Faire’s Mini Maker Faire program. This year there will be almost 60 Mini Maker Faires around the globe, […]
Build a Contact Microphone workshop at AS220 in Providence, RI
This month, we got a special workshop going on at the labs. Traveling circuit bending rock band, CMKT 4 will be stopping by the labs to host a “Build a Contact Microphone” workshop on Thursday, September 22nd. Contact microphones are awesome for noise making and experimenting. Just check out some cool projects here – Get LoFi. You can record sound traveling through any material (metal, wood, your body…starting to get awesome ideas?).
Clever Cable Tie Organizer Made from PVC Pipe
Submitted by Morten Nisker to the MAKE Flickr pool, here’s a clever way of organizing your twist ties (and perhaps other tools and supplies) using PVC pipe.
Kindergarten Shop Class
Julie Scelfo from The New York Times writes about woodworking classes that are geared toward a younger set of children, some even as young as five years old. From Brian Cohen, co-founder of Beam Camp: “My partner and I saw that kids were spending too much time interacting with perfect interfaces,” said Mr. Cohen, 45. […]