Super Awesome Sylvia, one of MAKE’s favorite young makers, offers her picks for gifts both home made and store-bought. Curious what to get a makerly 10-year-old for the holidays? Sylvia has some good ideas.
In this week’s episode of Food Makers on Nov. 28 at 2pm PST/ 5pm EST, I’ll be talking to Pierre Beauchamp, a young entrepreneur who is making a name for himself in aquaponics. Watch the episode here on Google+.
I wrote about Kelvin Doe before his appearance at Maker Faire New York and met him at the fair. He’s a very impressive kid. He went on to wow at crowd at M.I.T. where he was a visiting fellow for three weeks. Check out this video about Kelvin. Incredible, moving stuff. The power of making is real.
An interview with Isaiah Saxon of DIY.org
A mere 11% of engineers in the U.S. are women, but Stanford engineer and product designer Debbie Sterling is doing her part to increase that percentage by getting young girls interested in building and problem solving though her interactive toy called GoldieBlox. Often, toy companies will take construction sets, like Lincoln Logs, and simply make […]
Want to start or continue a maker club in your area? Interested in mentoring a young maker? Are you a parent of a young maker who wants to connect with other parents? Want to find out more about the program? Come to an adults-only organizational kick-off meeting Nov. 15 from 6:30-8pm at The Exploratorium.
@whiteafrican Erik Hersman’s slideshow of Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos—including the gorgeous shot of the four teen girls and their smarturine powered generator that has been making the rounds on the Internet.
