Tiny House Summer Camp
20 DIY’ers from around the United States gathered at Derek Diedricksen’s off-the-grid camp in Vermon’t’s North East Kingdom for a weekend workshop on tiny house building.
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Maker Faire Detroit: The Girl Who Plays with Fieros Interview
Two years ago, when Kathryn DiMaria was at the wise age of 12, she made her parents an interesting proposal: she had saved her babysitting money and wanted to buy a cheap, used Pontiac Fiero to restore herself. Her goal was to have her project completed by her 16th birthday. Spoiler alert: she’s right on […]
15-Year-Old Maker Astronomically Improves Pancreatic Cancer Test
Maryland young maker Jack Andraka isn’t old enough to drive yet, but he’s just pioneered a new, improved test for diagnosing pancreatic cancer that is 90% accurate, 400 times more sensitive, and 26,000 times less expensive than existing methods. Andraka had gotten interested in pancreatic cancer, and knew that early detection is a challenge. He […]
Gauging Performance Between Compressed Air Rocket Mods
A magazine reader is looking for ideas on ways to measure the differences between various Compressed Air Rocket mods for an upcoming Cub Scout picnic. Have any ideas? Please share them in the comments!
Meet the Makers: The Viper
Young makers astound with an ambitious Viper flight simulator project for Maker Faire.
Educators’ Agenda for Maker Faire Week
This week and weekend we have more education-related events than we ever have before, and we’re delighted to invite you to all of them. This post outlines all that’s happening from Thursday through Sunday of Maker Faire week. We know teachers are already supreme makers, building smart students every day. And the best teachers we […]
Maker Faire Bay Area: Team Viper Interview
One crew of bright young makers who’ve embarked on a monumental project of epic proportion go by the name Team Viper, five high school students who are all Maker Faire veterans. Team Viper is comprised of John Boyer (16), Alex Jacobson (16), Joseph DeRose (13), Sam Frank (16), Sam DeRose (17), and with help from their dedicated mentors, they’re bringing a project that’s sure to blow your mind. The Viper is a full-motion flight simulator built into the fuselage of a Piper PA-28 plane, complete with 360-degree rotation on both the pitch and roll axes, as well as a fully immersive flying environment inside. We caught up with these busy gentlemen to get a preview of The Viper.
