Enigma machines were extremely interesting coding machines used by Germany during World War II. As digital logic was still in its infancy, these machines used rotors configured in a certain pattern to decode the gibberish sent from military commanders to units in the field. Although mechanical marvels, they came nowhere near being small enough to […]
Photo: Andrew Salomone Makers are everywhere. If you’re not careful you may just bump into one. At least that’s what happened to me when I met artist Steve Gerberich as he stood on the sidewalk below his Brooklyn studio photographing one of his famous storefront window displays. I’d noticed his hypnotic, kinetic displays in other […]
Alessandro Voto built a bass guitar whammy
MakerCon, the only conference by and for leaders of the Maker Movement, enters its second year with a first: Launch Pad. A competition aimed at young new hardware startups with an actual product to demo and less than $3 million in funding, Launch Pad allows new Maker Pros to gain the attention of over one […]
Make: Volume 44 hit newsstands Tuesday, March 24, and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our drone-centric issue than hosting a meetup right here in San Francisco. We welcomed about 200 guests to our Maker Media Lab at the Palace of Fine Arts for food, drinks, and the opportunity to talk about and explore […]
Organizers of the inaugural New Jersey Makers Day say the numbers are still coming in, but they expect that they beat their original estimate of 5,000 attendees statewide. Over 350 people came to the Piscataway Public Library where I attended, and they seemed to be having a marvelous time. There were workshops that required registration, […]
“We’re explicitly inviting you to understand, remix, and remake our resin” — Eric J. Wilhelm, Autodesk From the editors of Make:, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of Makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. […]
