What Are You Making in the New Year?
We asked some of our favorite makers what they planned to make in 2014. Here’s what they said.
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My Maker Mantra for the New Year
My Maker Mantra for the New Year: Clean what you mess; Maintain what you have; Fix what you can;
Love what you make. Finish what you start.
Presenting Twin Cities Maker with a $10K Check for their Hackmobile
And the winner is: the Hackmobile, the brainchild of four makers based at Minneapolis’s Hack Factory! The Hackmobile’s designers take home first-place honors and a $10,000 check in the Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge, an engineering design contest that challenged makers to design their Ultimate Maker Vehicle out of a 2014 Ford Transit Connect. [The Hack […]
Announcing the Winners of the Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge
Congratulations to all the makers who competed in the first Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge. From 10 awesome entries, here are the winners!
RobotsConf 2013: Mission Accomplished!
RobotsConf, a new conference designed to transform coders into makers, was a huge success!
I spoke with conference curators Chris and Laura Williams before the event. They had an audacious plan, and I wondered if it would work. I’ve attended many tech conferences and maker events, but never one with this format – a format which was later referred to as “sleep-away maker camp” by an attendee.
Weekend Projects HOA – Beatband Sleeve LIVE Today at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET
Join us later today for our tenth and final installment for 2013’s Weekend Projects Hangouts On Air. We’ll be discussing the Beatband Sleeve, that turns your pulse into flashing LEDs. While there are many ways to achieve this, the Beatband Sleeve takes a novel approach to both making and learning. First, the circuit is prototyped […]
Maker Delights at the San Diego Mini Maker Faire
One pleasure of attending a Maker Faire is the treasure hunt. What’s new that you haven’t seen before? What tried-and-true classics can be found? What’s novel that merits attention? In discovering these at a Maker Faire you’ll have your best conversations and gain your greatest inspiration. So what was to be found at San Diego Mini Maker Faire?
