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Intern’s Corner: Taking off With the Tesla
I am an engineering intern here at MAKE. I’m on the Interns’ Corner just to tell everyone about my summer experience here in the MAKE Labs.
A Weekend of Celebrating New Mexico’s Makers
The second annual Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire takes place this weekend, August 24 and 25, from 10a.m. to 6p.m. at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park, and it looks like it’s going to be a great show. One of our favorite New Mexico-based artists, Christian Ristow, will be there with his awesome 26-foot-long hydraulically actuated Hand […]
This Weekend: Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire
Pittsburgh’s third annual mini maker faire is set for Saturday, Aug. 18 at Buhl Community Park and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. There are more than 70 maker exhibits planned for the fair, everything local roboticists to hackers to kid inventors. Here are some of the projects and makers you’ll see at the event.
Today on Maker Camp: Playing With Plastic and Raspberry Pi
Today’s Maker Camp is another twofer. Starting at 11am PDT, we’re going to talk about vacuum forming, a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mold and applying suction. Today, maker Adam Harris will show us the useful technique using a humble jar of peanut butter. But wait! There’s more. After the morning hangout we’re going to check in with Raspberry Pi guru and MAKE contributing editor Matt Richardson at 1pm EST for a special Pi workshop.
Maker Family Builds Museum Quality Mars Rover
It may seem extraordinary that a man and his two young daughters would end up providing the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) with a replacement robot for their Mars rover exhibit. The full story is even more interesting, and an inspiration for young makers and parents.
Creative Marketing Helps NashMicro buy Training Kits
NashMicro, the Nashville Microcontrollers Users’ Group, recently had a need to raise some money to buy training kits. This is a story about how they used their maker ingenuity to accomplish the task.