Kicking off the Hardware Innovation Workshop
MAKE’s Hardware Innovation Workshop gets kicked off to an appreciative crowd, greeted by Dale Dougherty.
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Visit the Circuit Castle at World Maker Faire This Weekend
Maker Rachel Hellenga is bringing her cardboard Circuit Castle to World Maker Faire NY this weekend.
Hot Trends in 3D Printing On Display at World Maker Faire
One of the exciting things about Maker Faire is seeing the technological progress year over year. Case in point, 3D-printers.
Going Kinetic With Sculptor Eric Hagan
I took some time to talk to kinetic sculptor Eric Hagan and what he’ll be up to at Maker Faire NY this year.
NYC Maker Week in Full Effect
Last year at World Maker Faire New York, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he was designating the week before World Maker Faire New York to be Maker Week. Similar to Fashion Week, we makers have a week to program and celebrate all things maker-related in New York City. Hooray! This year, with our World Maker Faire […]
Building a Better You: Makers Hack the Human Body
Aided by affordable materials, 3D printers, and open source technology, the merging of human and machine is a thriving subset of the maker community. Next week’s World Maker Faire New York will showcase a number of these projects and the makers who made them. These projects are also a testament to the best impulses of human nature: once we possess new skills and technology we look for ways to use them as a force for good and to share them with others.
Q&A: A New York Letterpress Craftsman comes to Maker Faire
Last year I had the great fortune to meet Christoper Fritton at the World Maker Faire New York. His letterpress posters of landmark New York buildings stopped me dead in my tracks. They were printed using only dingbats and are simply stunning. I’ve done a tiny bit of letterpress myself (and my grandfather was a […]