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May 1, 2015
How Making Board Games Can Lead to Real Classroom Innovation
If creativity is intelligence having fun, then creating a board game is intelligence at play. One of my favorite units for the 7th grade class I teach is the Board Game Design unit. When my assistant principal walked into my class, though, she was skeptical. The kids had played board […]
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New Project: How to 3D-Print Hand Knobs for Any Hex Bolt
There’s a common argument that you can’t make anything useful on a 3D printer. That’s not exactly true, and these 3D printed hand bolts aren’t just useful, they also add utility to the hardware you already have in your shop. I can’t take full credit on this design — I first […]
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New Project: Bartop Video Arcade from an Old PC
Take an unwanted desktop PC and build a bartop arcade gaming cabinet out of the parts.
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Meet the Stair Bear, an Adorable Climbing Robot
If someone said they had created a “Stair Bear,” I would think it would be brown and furry (or possibly dangerous). This one is neither, but I would have a hard time resisting such a great rhyme to name this four-wheeled (or is it 12-legged) contraption that is able to […]
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April 24, 2015
Maker Q&A: Lisa Fetterman, Creator of The Nomiku Sous Vide Stick
Lisa Q. Fetterman is the co-founder and CEO (chief eating officer) of the hardware startup Nomiku
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Why I’m the Worst Maker In The Room, and Why That’s OK
Too much planning leaves too little time for making.
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New Project: Getting Started with littleBits
The new book from Maker Media will initiate you into the ecosystem of the versatile magnetic components
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Top Ten Most Memorable Maker Faire Moments
The idea of trying to choose only ten favorite moments from the past ten years of Maker Faire is almost silly. Over that decade, the Faires have been painstakingly engineered to deliver attendees memorable moments by the moment. But when we think back over the flagship Faires (Bay Area, New York, […]
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This Six-Person Arcade Really Brings the Party Together
Six was a special number because six guarantees meeting someone new.
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Moving into Manufacturing? MakerCon Can Help You Make the Leap
The Business of Making is a core value track for MakerCon, the only conference by and for leaders of the Maker Movement. MakerCon exists to celebrate and share information among leading Makers — and developing products, manufacturing them, and getting through distribution mazes are key to the experience. With that […]
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