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You may have noticed that we introduced classified ads, aka the Make: MINImarketplace, in MAKE, Volume 17. If you’re interested in placing an ad in MAKE, Volume 18, send email to classifieds@makezine.com. You will be returned instructions on how to sign up for an account at the Maker Shed, and from there, you’ll have access […]
Make: Day was crawling with robots of all sizes. We were luck to have The Twin Cities Robotics Group show off tons of their own robots as well as bring kits for kids to make their own! Upload your photos or video from Make: Day to our Flickr pool. Alan Kilian and the rest of […]
Next week Diana Eng, of geek and Project Runway fame will be releasing her book Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech at a fashion presentation on March 19th in NYC. Her book teaches how to make DIY electronic fashions and accessories. The fashion presentation will feature all of the book’s DIY projects on models who will […]
We’ve seen some awesome projects involving 3D printers over the last few years on the MAKE Blog. That same creativity drove Scott Crump, CEO of Stratasys, Inc., to set out and make his own 3D printer back in 1988. Since then, their business has grown, but Stratasys still wants to connect with Makers, builders and […]
Another featured Maker at Make: Day! Keith Braafladt of the Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting an awesome hands-on activity using Scratch programming. Visitors can get a brief overview of the Scratch and learn how to use it to generate sounds/music from the manipulation of small kitchen sponges attached to a sensor board. Scratch is […]
Kyle Phillips is an Interactive Designer here in the Twin Cities and we’re all super excited to welcome him to Make: Day this Saturday! His project combines a custom-built, multi-touch surface table with software that configures and displays information from Digg. Kyle writes, “What Matters Most” is a multi-touch application exploring the media-viewing habits of […]
