Imagine a child’s first white Christmas: the excitement of snow, the mystique of Santa, and the oh-so-important presents. Now multiply that feeling threefold, and add in some fire, a few hundred robots, and enough paper rockets to make NASA nervous. Overwhelmed? So was I! Because I work at MAKE, I know this may come as a […]
It’s Saturday morning in Tokyo. Shortly, I’ll be giving the keynote address at the first Maker Conference at Miraikan. The conference is organized by O’Reilly Japan and jp.stage.makezine.com. MAKE’s first Japanese edition in Tokyo in 2006, edited by Hideo Tamura. The first Maker Meeting, a small Maker Faire was held in 2008. It attraced 300 […]
In this Zero to Maker column, David Lang runs down the basics of local tool lending libraries and how to participate in or start one.
I love this silent Maker Faire video with a very twinkly, ethereal soundtrack. Really captures some of the wonder of the event.
Our pals at Dangerous Prototypes put together these wonderful videos about Maker Faire Bay Area 2012. The first gives you a maker’s POV of being at the Faire, setting up, what to bring, etc. The second video offers a rundown of 13 projects that Ian of DP found at the Faire.
A lot of what we do at ITP aligns well with the maker community, but understandably, not everybody is in the position to go to a two year graduate program. But if you’re in NYC this summer and are looking to get a taste of what ITP is all about, take a look at ITP Camp.
MAKE Editorial Director Gareth Branwyn shares some of his notes and takeaways from this weekend’s Maker Faire Bay Area.
