Make: Day was a huge success! With the aid of over 25 Makers from the Twin Cities area, and thousands more families and Maker enthusiasts, we took over the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul on Saturday. Make: Day was emceed by Make: magazine contributor and Make: television Technical Advisor, Bill Gurstelle, and other festivitie...
Make: Day was crawling with robots of all sizes. We were luck to have The Twin Cities Robotics Group show off tons of their own robots as well as bring kits for kids to make their own! Upload your pho[...]
Make: Day was a huge success this weekend at the Science Museum of Minnesota. My fingers are crossed that this marks the first of many events where you can take your family to learn about electronic[...]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Soft Pressure Sensor Matrix CRAFT Recipe: Spinach and Yogurt Borani Checkin' In: Fashion Nerd Diana Eng Ask CRAFT: Cat-Sc[...]
There's still time to start making or just watch this week's Weekend Project: Spider Rifle . You can view the video here, or subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered eac[...]
Happy Birthday Al! On this day, in the year 1879, a person was born whose name would become synonymous with our popular concept of genius. When we take a closer look at Albert Einstein's contributio[...]
Richard Hudson, Executive Producer of Make: Television at Twin Cities Public Television, sent me this photo of the show's host John Park gathering a crowd at today's Make: Day festival in St. Paul, MN[...]
Well Happy Pi Day to you! This little video came to me a few years ago via two alumni of my high school technology and engineering program. Math geekery made fun! The Math Forum at Drexel has some[...]
Today is the birthday of Joseph Priestley, the 18th century scientist, teacher, and political wonk who had a tremendous impact on the worlds of science and politics. He is credited with the discover[...]
We've seen some awesome projects involving 3D printers over the last few years on the MAKE Blog. That same creativity drove Scott Crump, CEO of Stratasys, Inc., to set out and make his own 3D printer [...]
Another featured Maker at Make: Day! Keith Braafladt of the Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting an awesome hands-on activity using Scratch programming. Visitors can get a brief overview of the S[...]