A little over a week ago, Make: television (with help from the Science Museum of Minnesota and Geek Squad) hosted the first-ever Make: Day. Heavily inspired by the many successful and amazing Maker Faires that MAKE magazine has hosted around the country world, Make: Day was a blast. And in case you missed the news, […]
We’re excited about our Make: MINImarketplace section, which premiered in MAKE, Volume 17. Got something cool you want to sell, have a service to offer fellow readers, looking for some precious widget that only another maker might have stashed away in the garage? The Make: MINImarketplace offers a place for you to reach the maker […]
Did you know the Maker Shed is on Twitter? It’s a great place to see what’s new in the Maker Shed. It’s also a great place to find exclusive deals, sales, and coupon codes for our Twitter friends. Follow us out on Twitter, it’s worth it….[hint,hint]. Follow the Maker Shed on Twitter
Ideablob has a collection of projects that users of their system have submitted to a user response contest to win funding. Here is a quote from their About Us page: ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling […]
Check out the 1mW XBee wireless module with 802.15.4 protocol . It’s really good for point-to-point, and multipoint networks. It really is the easiest way to add wireless communications to your next project. Features Low cost, low-power point-to-multipoint/peer-to-peer networking Fast 250 kbps RF data rate No configuration needed for out-of-the-box RF communications 128-bit AES encryption […]
We’re very excited that our guest this afternoon will be Forrest M. Mims III, the amateur scientist and electronics guru, who wrote the iconic Getting Started in Electronics and the Engineer’s Mini-Notebook series for Radio Shack. Forrest also has a new column in MAKE, The Country Scientist, which premiered in Volume 17. Also, we’ll be […]
Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. We’re looking to showcase “the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.” Crafty makers, this is your chance to share your skills and knowledge with the Bay Area community and […]
