If you’ve been to your local hacker/makerspace and there weren’t many women, did you stop and wonder about that? I hope so, but unfortunately a common reaction is to think, “I guess women just aren’t into building stuff.” As one of the few women directors of a U.S. makerspace, I know that this just isn’t true.
German professional motorcycle customizer Enrico de Haas hand-crafts beautiful machines at his Wannabe-Choppers workshop in Giessen. His love of the art and passion for fine craftsmanship come through in each detail he adds. Recently filmmakers Thorsten Indra and Thomas X. Stoll made a 4-minute video profile of Wannabe-Choppers, highlighting Enrico’s maker mindset. Enrico speaks of […]
Interested in learning more about the Maker Movement and helping make Maker Faire awesome? Join the Maker Corps for the upcoming Bay Area Maker Faire and get training and behind-the-scenes experience at the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth!
MAKE contributing editor Bill Gurstelle talks to students about the joys of making, invention, at TED-Ed, and in the process, creates a series of audio speakers from found/common materials, including one made out of a potato chip that sounds surprisingly good. Look for lots of awesome Bill Gurstelle projects in our upcoming “Danger Issue,” Volume […]
It’s a big weekend for Maker Faire around the globe—but it’s only the tip of the maker iceberg! Check out the complete list of Maker Faires coming your way in 2013.
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, […]
