Los Angeles-based author and inventor Cy Tymony has shared 20 projects on the pages of MAKE, teaching us super sneaky and simple ways to use everyday objects to make things like the Mechanical Image Duplicator, the Mini Foosball Game, and the Origami Flying Disk. He’s also authored 10 volumes of his Sneaky Uses series, starting […]
Five years ago, hackerspaces in the U.S. were few and far between. HacDC (“the capital hackerspace”) celebrates and reflects on five years of our space and what we’ve accomplished. Here are some of the things we’ve done in our half decade of existence: Held classes and workshops on robotics, AVR microcontrollers, bicycle maintenance, electron tubes, […]
Entrepreneur and social media maven Nora Abousteit is in the business of facilitating and celebrating the exchange of knowledge through interactive media. She thrives on blending old and new, having gotten her start at German power publisher Hubert Burda Media, where she reinvented a sewing magazine started in the 1940s into BurdaStyle, the largest DIY […]
Homegrown Village was started in 2007 as the hands-on component of the Farm Aid benefit concert, a place where concertgoers could meet farmers, check out educational exhibits, and learn agrarian skills. At Maker Faire, we’ve always had food makers represented, and in 2009, with the help of Farm Aid’s Cornelia Hoskin, we brought Homegrown Village […]
GoFundMe’s “make-a-thon” contest ended this past week and we have a winner. Actually, three winners. The crowdfunding company awarded $10,000 to three teams of makers for projects posted on the site. The GoFundMe community voted for its favorite projects. First place went to an ultralight airplane project. Second place was awarded to a sand car project, and two high school robotics students in Nebraska picked up third place for their robot project. The winners got $5,000, $3,500, and $1,500 respectively.
Calling all Midwest makers! The fourth annual Maker Faire Detroit is taking place this summer, on July 27 and 28, at The Henry Ford. The Call for Makers is open now through June 7th. Got a great project you want to share with the maker community? Get in your application today and come join the […]
Makerspaces are becoming more and more popular. If you are not familiar, a makerspace or hackerspace is a place for people to gather and make stuff. Each is pretty much unique, but they all share a sense of community and a joy for making things and sharing knowledge. However, even if you are lucky enough to live close to one, it may not be particularly kid-friendly. So, where should you take your young makers when they want a place to turn their ideas into reality with their own hands?
That’s an excellent question. So I did some research and here are five great places you can go with you kids to make things.
