Makers on the Playa
Check out 16 installations from Burning Man that have been to Maker Faire.
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Ten Tweeted Progress Pix from Weekend Makers
It’s a great weekend for catching up on things we’re making. I tweeted out a call on the MAKE twitter handle, and folks seny along these pictures of the projects they’re working on.
Joe Sandor, You Will Be Missed
This month the maker community lost a beloved maker: painter, sculptor, photographer, poet, and Chicagoan Joseph Andrew Sandor passed away at the age of 35.
KiX Gets Hands-On
Look for KiX at the 2013 World Maker Faire New York on Sept. 21-22 at the New York Hall of Science. They’ll be sponsoring the creativity-filled Nerdy Derby, a lighthearted mini-car building and racing competition where makers, young and old, can create their own cars out of any interesting and repurposed materials
MAKE Asks: What do we Call all These Boards?
Embedded system, microcontroller, computer-on-a-chip? What should we call these awesome gadgets, anyway?
Now Taking the Mound… a Trebuchet!
In what will surely be hailed as a victory for makers and baseball-loving fans of Medieval siege weaponry everywhere, a 10-foot trebuchet built by Pittsburgh’s MAKESHOP will huck the first pitch at the Pittsburgh Pirates game Sept. 1 when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals.
This Weekend: Ottawa Mini Maker Faire
The Ottawa Mini Maker Faire showcases some of the best maker projects in Canada. This weekend Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Artengine and the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation will co-present the third Ottawa Mini Maker Faire at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.
