MIDI Keyboard Teardown and Analysis
Here is a great article from Open Music Labs which details the teardown and design of an old school MIDI keyboard.
Education
Maker Education is such a valuable role. These stories will bring you the latest information and tales of maker educators who area spreading the maker mindset. Help others learn how to make things or how to think like a maker at makerspaces, schools, universities, and local communities. The importance of maker education can not be understated. We appreciate our educators.
High Schoolers Build the Styrofoam Plate Speaker
High school students build the Styrofoam Plate Speaker project, thanks for a science and engineering outreach program.
Maker Faire Education Day and Educators’ Meetup
We have two terrific education events happening the Thursday before Maker Faire, May 17th.
Thinkertoys Turn E-Waste into Fun Gadgetry
ThinkerToys is the brainchild of Dhairya Dand, who had the novel idea to build small, simple modules from Arduino that could be wed to common e-waste such as keyboards and CRT televisions.
Open MAKE: Tools – Licking Machines, Conductive Ink, and Lost Gold
At Open MAKE: Tools, mechanical wonders, painted circuitry, legendary lost gold, lockpicking for kids, and other fun stuff.
Photos From Open MAKE: Tools at the Exploratorium in SF
You are sorry if you missed Saturday’s Open MAKE at the Exploratorium, which had the theme of “Tools,” because it was totally fun.
How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries
Check out Adam Savage’s TED-ED talk “How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries“: Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed — Eratosthenes’ calculation of the Earth’s circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau’s measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
