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Comment on Disneyland and the Coming Maker Singularity by Ken Denmead
MAKE Editorial Director Ken Denmead interviews Adam Savage on May 19 at Maker Faire Bay Area. (Gregory Hayes/MAKE)I’ve been Editorial Director at MAKE for eight weeks now, and much of it still seems a bit like a dream. Of course, it started with the week of Maker Faire Bay Area, which is like a journey to another state of consciousness involving 16-hour days, fire-breathing dragons, and meeting mythical folks like Adam Savage (@donttrythis), Grant Imahara (@grantimahara), and Veronica Belmont (@veronica). After seven years of attending (usually running a booth as a sponsor), I’ve started to really be able to see the evolution of the show, and get a real sense of what the Maker Movement is all about.
It’s just people doing what they love; creating, designing, building, testing, re-building, perfecting, learning, showing-off, and living a constructive life.
In an earlier editorial piece I wrote a few weeks ago (Why the Maker Movement is Here to Stay), I noted that there have been folks doing this forever. That what makes the Maker Movement a distinct thing is the communication and sharing allowed by the Internet. That makers who were once isolated are now connected, and that the networking allowed by these connections amplifies the creative effect by orders of magnitude. It’s kind of like a Maker Singularity. Through all this sharing of information, all this building of new things, or re-creation of old things that we can do at home, in our workshops instead of in factories, we’re generating a massive, self-aware Maker Consciousness that will lead us into a new epoch of creativity and craftsmanship.
Or, you know, we’ll keep making automatic cat feeders. That’s cool, too.
Next week, my family and I are traveling down to sunny Anaheim to spend a week at the Disneyland Resort (I plan to split my time between the Uva Bar in Downtown Disney, the Cove Bar behind Ariel’s Grotto, the lounge at the Carthay Circle, and the Hearthstone Lounge in the Grand Californian – sense a theme here?), and with all this talk about makers before the Maker Movement, it reminded me of this wonderful video I saw of late:
First of all, if you don’t know about the Disney History Institute, go check it out. So much neat history and imagery there. Second, this video made me think about Walt Disney as a maker. Disneyland was the first modern theme park. Before it, there were amusement parks, but those were a different beast. Walt created the idea of a park built around a theme, and today the Disney parks are the gold standard against which all others are measured.
But what’s really interesting to see in the video collection above and the notes that go with it is how much was unfinished, or tried and quickly discarded. There were no costumed characters in the first year (they borrowed costumes from the Ice Capades show for special occasions). They had cool motorboats. There were safety violations galore. There were rides next to piles of dirt! Disneyland was, at its start, very much a work in progress, being made and re-made as it went, on a shoestring. It was a maker’s paradise.
Here at Maker HQ, that kind of energy is all around. Right now, we are in the middle of so many programs and projects, it’d make your head spin. We launched Maker Camp this week, which is just amazing; kids from all over the world sharing in the joy of making. If you haven’t, you should join the Maker Camp Community, just to see the projects they are sharing. It will inspire you!
We’re also hard at work on two volumes of the magazine slated to come out before the end of the year. V36 is going to be all about boards – you know, things like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. There are so many new ones out there, that it’s hard to keep up! So, we’re collecting all the up-to-date info available: especially all the cool specialty boards coming out of crowdfunding sites. So often, the people behind these are just awesome makers who had the need for a feature that wasn’t out there on the market already, or required serious modding to achieve, and so they designed their own board and offered it up for anyone else with the same needs. Definitely one tendril of the Maker Singularity at work!
[Here's a little inside-baseball on assembling a magazine: one of our biggest challenges right now with respect to the Boards issue is coming up with a compelling cover image/design. How do you create a magazine cover about a small green and black piece of electronics so exciting, so compelling that it flies off the shelves? It's a question that our Creative Director Jason Babler is struggling with. Feel free to post your ideas in the comments!]
The other magazine in progress is an update to our 3D printer guide. I can’t tell you too much about it (our Technical Editor Sean Ragan is keeping things under wraps until we have our big weekend testing blitz), but with all the new machines that have come out over the last year, and all the innovation going on in this space, we’re taking this one to 11. Just know that we take our job providing this important resource to makers very seriously.
We have our partnership with RadioShack helping us put out some amazing Weekend Projects. If you are an electronics enthusiast, you’ll really want to check them out (I was very proud to do the voiceover for the first one). It’s so neat to see RadioShack embracing this space again!
And at the same time as all of this other stuff, planning is underway for World Maker Faire, in New York in September. I’m really excited to go to NY for my first WMF this year, because while I know there’s a lot of the same energy as Maker Faire Bay Area, there will be so many new things to see. And there’s a place where you can help out. Our Call for Makers is open right now. What does that mean? It means if you’re a maker, if you’re creating cool stuff, apply to us and you might get a free space to come show it off at the Faire! Here are the kinds of things we look for:
And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. So, consider applying. I’m personally trying to get some geeky music acts into the mix. I’ve been podcasting about nerdore, chiptunes, and more with my buddy Z (@hipsterplease) for years now, and these folks who are making cool music, often hacking their own instruments and creating imaginative shows on a DIY basis are inspirations. And if you’re not local to the event, we even have a special Road to Maker Faire Challenge going on, that could help you get there.
The Road to Maker Faire Challenge will award $2,500 to one winner to bring his or her project to World Maker Faire on Sep. 21 & 22, 2013 in New York. Use the funding for materials, transport, or anything else you might need to get to Maker Faire. Applications are due by 11:59pm PT on August 5, 2013.
Enter Now!
You can count on hearing more from me here on the blog. My goal is to get some conversations going with all you great makers out there. We’re here to talk WITH you, not just at you, and we want to generate more of that two-way communication. As always, you can submit links and project ideas. I’m also running an experiment with a Make Magazine SubReddit, so folks can submit links and vote on them to tell us what everyone really wants us to write about. You can always nudge me on Twitter. And please, if there are subjects you’d like to hear more about, or you’d just like to say hello and tell me about what you’re working on, leave a note in the comments. We read every one!
p.s. In a strange, synchronistic manner, the press release for the trailer for this movie that I had not heard about just dropped in my email. The story of Walt Disney cajoling the rights to make a Mary Poppins movie from P.L. Travers, with Tom Hanks as Walt and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Travers. I can’t wait to see this!
Ken is the Editorial Director of Make. He's not sure what that means, other than he oversees your digital connection with Make, be that reading the magazine, the blog, chatting on social networks, or bugging you at Maker Faire. He's a husband and father from the SF Bay Area, and has written three books filled with projects for geeky parents and kids to share. He feels extremely lucky to get to do what he does, and hopes he can help you feel that way, too.
Comment on Disneyland and the Coming Maker Singularity by Bob
MAKE Editorial Director Ken Denmead interviews Adam Savage on May 19 at Maker Faire Bay Area. (Gregory Hayes/MAKE)I’ve been Editorial Director at MAKE for eight weeks now, and much of it still seems a bit like a dream. Of course, it started with the week of Maker Faire Bay Area, which is like a journey to another state of consciousness involving 16-hour days, fire-breathing dragons, and meeting mythical folks like Adam Savage (@donttrythis), Grant Imahara (@grantimahara), and Veronica Belmont (@veronica). After seven years of attending (usually running a booth as a sponsor), I’ve started to really be able to see the evolution of the show, and get a real sense of what the Maker Movement is all about.
It’s just people doing what they love; creating, designing, building, testing, re-building, perfecting, learning, showing-off, and living a constructive life.
In an earlier editorial piece I wrote a few weeks ago (Why the Maker Movement is Here to Stay), I noted that there have been folks doing this forever. That what makes the Maker Movement a distinct thing is the communication and sharing allowed by the Internet. That makers who were once isolated are now connected, and that the networking allowed by these connections amplifies the creative effect by orders of magnitude. It’s kind of like a Maker Singularity. Through all this sharing of information, all this building of new things, or re-creation of old things that we can do at home, in our workshops instead of in factories, we’re generating a massive, self-aware Maker Consciousness that will lead us into a new epoch of creativity and craftsmanship.
Or, you know, we’ll keep making automatic cat feeders. That’s cool, too.
Next week, my family and I are traveling down to sunny Anaheim to spend a week at the Disneyland Resort (I plan to split my time between the Uva Bar in Downtown Disney, the Cove Bar behind Ariel’s Grotto, the lounge at the Carthay Circle, and the Hearthstone Lounge in the Grand Californian – sense a theme here?), and with all this talk about makers before the Maker Movement, it reminded me of this wonderful video I saw of late:
First of all, if you don’t know about the Disney History Institute, go check it out. So much neat history and imagery there. Second, this video made me think about Walt Disney as a maker. Disneyland was the first modern theme park. Before it, there were amusement parks, but those were a different beast. Walt created the idea of a park built around a theme, and today the Disney parks are the gold standard against which all others are measured.
But what’s really interesting to see in the video collection above and the notes that go with it is how much was unfinished, or tried and quickly discarded. There were no costumed characters in the first year (they borrowed costumes from the Ice Capades show for special occasions). They had cool motorboats. There were safety violations galore. There were rides next to piles of dirt! Disneyland was, at its start, very much a work in progress, being made and re-made as it went, on a shoestring. It was a maker’s paradise.
Here at Maker HQ, that kind of energy is all around. Right now, we are in the middle of so many programs and projects, it’d make your head spin. We launched Maker Camp this week, which is just amazing; kids from all over the world sharing in the joy of making. If you haven’t, you should join the Maker Camp Community, just to see the projects they are sharing. It will inspire you!
We’re also hard at work on two volumes of the magazine slated to come out before the end of the year. V36 is going to be all about boards – you know, things like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. There are so many new ones out there, that it’s hard to keep up! So, we’re collecting all the up-to-date info available: especially all the cool specialty boards coming out of crowdfunding sites. So often, the people behind these are just awesome makers who had the need for a feature that wasn’t out there on the market already, or required serious modding to achieve, and so they designed their own board and offered it up for anyone else with the same needs. Definitely one tendril of the Maker Singularity at work!
[Here's a little inside-baseball on assembling a magazine: one of our biggest challenges right now with respect to the Boards issue is coming up with a compelling cover image/design. How do you create a magazine cover about a small green and black piece of electronics so exciting, so compelling that it flies off the shelves? It's a question that our Creative Director Jason Babler is struggling with. Feel free to post your ideas in the comments!]
The other magazine in progress is an update to our 3D printer guide. I can’t tell you too much about it (our Technical Editor Sean Ragan is keeping things under wraps until we have our big weekend testing blitz), but with all the new machines that have come out over the last year, and all the innovation going on in this space, we’re taking this one to 11. Just know that we take our job providing this important resource to makers very seriously.
We have our partnership with RadioShack helping us put out some amazing Weekend Projects. If you are an electronics enthusiast, you’ll really want to check them out (I was very proud to do the voiceover for the first one). It’s so neat to see RadioShack embracing this space again!
And at the same time as all of this other stuff, planning is underway for World Maker Faire, in New York in September. I’m really excited to go to NY for my first WMF this year, because while I know there’s a lot of the same energy as Maker Faire Bay Area, there will be so many new things to see. And there’s a place where you can help out. Our Call for Makers is open right now. What does that mean? It means if you’re a maker, if you’re creating cool stuff, apply to us and you might get a free space to come show it off at the Faire! Here are the kinds of things we look for:
And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. So, consider applying. I’m personally trying to get some geeky music acts into the mix. I’ve been podcasting about nerdore, chiptunes, and more with my buddy Z (@hipsterplease) for years now, and these folks who are making cool music, often hacking their own instruments and creating imaginative shows on a DIY basis are inspirations. And if you’re not local to the event, we even have a special Road to Maker Faire Challenge going on, that could help you get there.
The Road to Maker Faire Challenge will award $2,500 to one winner to bring his or her project to World Maker Faire on Sep. 21 & 22, 2013 in New York. Use the funding for materials, transport, or anything else you might need to get to Maker Faire. Applications are due by 11:59pm PT on August 5, 2013.
Enter Now!
You can count on hearing more from me here on the blog. My goal is to get some conversations going with all you great makers out there. We’re here to talk WITH you, not just at you, and we want to generate more of that two-way communication. As always, you can submit links and project ideas. I’m also running an experiment with a Make Magazine SubReddit, so folks can submit links and vote on them to tell us what everyone really wants us to write about. You can always nudge me on Twitter. And please, if there are subjects you’d like to hear more about, or you’d just like to say hello and tell me about what you’re working on, leave a note in the comments. We read every one!
p.s. In a strange, synchronistic manner, the press release for the trailer for this movie that I had not heard about just dropped in my email. The story of Walt Disney cajoling the rights to make a Mary Poppins movie from P.L. Travers, with Tom Hanks as Walt and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Travers. I can’t wait to see this!
Ken is the Editorial Director of Make. He's not sure what that means, other than he oversees your digital connection with Make, be that reading the magazine, the blog, chatting on social networks, or bugging you at Maker Faire. He's a husband and father from the SF Bay Area, and has written three books filled with projects for geeky parents and kids to share. He feels extremely lucky to get to do what he does, and hopes he can help you feel that way, too.
Comment on Disneyland and the Coming Maker Singularity by Andrew Terranova
MAKE Editorial Director Ken Denmead interviews Adam Savage on May 19 at Maker Faire Bay Area. (Gregory Hayes/MAKE)I’ve been Editorial Director at MAKE for eight weeks now, and much of it still seems a bit like a dream. Of course, it started with the week of Maker Faire Bay Area, which is like a journey to another state of consciousness involving 16-hour days, fire-breathing dragons, and meeting mythical folks like Adam Savage (@donttrythis), Grant Imahara (@grantimahara), and Veronica Belmont (@veronica). After seven years of attending (usually running a booth as a sponsor), I’ve started to really be able to see the evolution of the show, and get a real sense of what the Maker Movement is all about.
It’s just people doing what they love; creating, designing, building, testing, re-building, perfecting, learning, showing-off, and living a constructive life.
In an earlier editorial piece I wrote a few weeks ago (Why the Maker Movement is Here to Stay), I noted that there have been folks doing this forever. That what makes the Maker Movement a distinct thing is the communication and sharing allowed by the Internet. That makers who were once isolated are now connected, and that the networking allowed by these connections amplifies the creative effect by orders of magnitude. It’s kind of like a Maker Singularity. Through all this sharing of information, all this building of new things, or re-creation of old things that we can do at home, in our workshops instead of in factories, we’re generating a massive, self-aware Maker Consciousness that will lead us into a new epoch of creativity and craftsmanship.
Or, you know, we’ll keep making automatic cat feeders. That’s cool, too.
Next week, my family and I are traveling down to sunny Anaheim to spend a week at the Disneyland Resort (I plan to split my time between the Uva Bar in Downtown Disney, the Cove Bar behind Ariel’s Grotto, the lounge at the Carthay Circle, and the Hearthstone Lounge in the Grand Californian – sense a theme here?), and with all this talk about makers before the Maker Movement, it reminded me of this wonderful video I saw of late:
First of all, if you don’t know about the Disney History Institute, go check it out. So much neat history and imagery there. Second, this video made me think about Walt Disney as a maker. Disneyland was the first modern theme park. Before it, there were amusement parks, but those were a different beast. Walt created the idea of a park built around a theme, and today the Disney parks are the gold standard against which all others are measured.
But what’s really interesting to see in the video collection above and the notes that go with it is how much was unfinished, or tried and quickly discarded. There were no costumed characters in the first year (they borrowed costumes from the Ice Capades show for special occasions). They had cool motorboats. There were safety violations galore. There were rides next to piles of dirt! Disneyland was, at its start, very much a work in progress, being made and re-made as it went, on a shoestring. It was a maker’s paradise.
Here at Maker HQ, that kind of energy is all around. Right now, we are in the middle of so many programs and projects, it’d make your head spin. We launched Maker Camp this week, which is just amazing; kids from all over the world sharing in the joy of making. If you haven’t, you should join the Maker Camp Community, just to see the projects they are sharing. It will inspire you!
We’re also hard at work on two volumes of the magazine slated to come out before the end of the year. V36 is going to be all about boards – you know, things like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. There are so many new ones out there, that it’s hard to keep up! So, we’re collecting all the up-to-date info available: especially all the cool specialty boards coming out of crowdfunding sites. So often, the people behind these are just awesome makers who had the need for a feature that wasn’t out there on the market already, or required serious modding to achieve, and so they designed their own board and offered it up for anyone else with the same needs. Definitely one tendril of the Maker Singularity at work!
[Here's a little inside-baseball on assembling a magazine: one of our biggest challenges right now with respect to the Boards issue is coming up with a compelling cover image/design. How do you create a magazine cover about a small green and black piece of electronics so exciting, so compelling that it flies off the shelves? It's a question that our Creative Director Jason Babler is struggling with. Feel free to post your ideas in the comments!]
The other magazine in progress is an update to our 3D printer guide. I can’t tell you too much about it (our Technical Editor Sean Ragan is keeping things under wraps until we have our big weekend testing blitz), but with all the new machines that have come out over the last year, and all the innovation going on in this space, we’re taking this one to 11. Just know that we take our job providing this important resource to makers very seriously.
We have our partnership with RadioShack helping us put out some amazing Weekend Projects. If you are an electronics enthusiast, you’ll really want to check them out (I was very proud to do the voiceover for the first one). It’s so neat to see RadioShack embracing this space again!
And at the same time as all of this other stuff, planning is underway for World Maker Faire, in New York in September. I’m really excited to go to NY for my first WMF this year, because while I know there’s a lot of the same energy as Maker Faire Bay Area, there will be so many new things to see. And there’s a place where you can help out. Our Call for Makers is open right now. What does that mean? It means if you’re a maker, if you’re creating cool stuff, apply to us and you might get a free space to come show it off at the Faire! Here are the kinds of things we look for:
And that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. So, consider applying. I’m personally trying to get some geeky music acts into the mix. I’ve been podcasting about nerdore, chiptunes, and more with my buddy Z (@hipsterplease) for years now, and these folks who are making cool music, often hacking their own instruments and creating imaginative shows on a DIY basis are inspirations. And if you’re not local to the event, we even have a special Road to Maker Faire Challenge going on, that could help you get there.
The Road to Maker Faire Challenge will award $2,500 to one winner to bring his or her project to World Maker Faire on Sep. 21 & 22, 2013 in New York. Use the funding for materials, transport, or anything else you might need to get to Maker Faire. Applications are due by 11:59pm PT on August 5, 2013.
Enter Now!
You can count on hearing more from me here on the blog. My goal is to get some conversations going with all you great makers out there. We’re here to talk WITH you, not just at you, and we want to generate more of that two-way communication. As always, you can submit links and project ideas. I’m also running an experiment with a Make Magazine SubReddit, so folks can submit links and vote on them to tell us what everyone really wants us to write about. You can always nudge me on Twitter. And please, if there are subjects you’d like to hear more about, or you’d just like to say hello and tell me about what you’re working on, leave a note in the comments. We read every one!
p.s. In a strange, synchronistic manner, the press release for the trailer for this movie that I had not heard about just dropped in my email. The story of Walt Disney cajoling the rights to make a Mary Poppins movie from P.L. Travers, with Tom Hanks as Walt and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Travers. I can’t wait to see this!
Ken is the Editorial Director of Make. He's not sure what that means, other than he oversees your digital connection with Make, be that reading the magazine, the blog, chatting on social networks, or bugging you at Maker Faire. He's a husband and father from the SF Bay Area, and has written three books filled with projects for geeky parents and kids to share. He feels extremely lucky to get to do what he does, and hopes he can help you feel that way, too.
Comment on Maker Pro Newsletter — We Want Your Feedback by Sally McMahon
Maker Pro Newsletter will not be publishing this week because of the Fourth of July holiday.
But while we have your attention, we are looking for feedback, after four months of publishing.
How are we doing?
What would you like to see more of? Less of?
The business of makingCrowdfunding trendsProfiles of professional makersMakerspace newsHardware startupsNew products and toolsTechnology and market trendsMaker business strategies and tacticsNews from maker-oriented companiesAnd how’s the length: too long? too short?
Please let us know in the comments below.
And have a great Fourth!
—The Maker Pro Newsletter team
I'm the editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter. Homebase: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Comment on A Urine Powered Generator, Ag Hacks, and Arduino at Maker Faire Africa 2012 by Oakley Sunglasses
Erik Hersman (@whiteafrican, TED fellow and blogger) took some great photos at Maker Faire Africa, some of which we posted last week.
Hersman’s slideshow covers the whole event and includes the gorgeous shot of the four teen girls and their smart urine powered generator that has been making the rounds on the internet.
This is the fourth Maker Faire Africa. This year the event took place in Lagos, Nigeria; 2011 was Cairo, Egypt; 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya; and the founding year 2009 in Accra, Ghana.
In 2012 there were almost 60 Maker Faires around the world, all sharing the same passion and showing the same respect for the innovation, resourcefulness and creativity of makers—no matter where they live.
Learn more about how you can bring Maker Faire to your community here.
Comment on Making Hundreds of Unique Mini Maker Faire Posters With Processing by Ryan J.
We needed a poster for the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire on Aug. 10, so I decided to use a Processing sketch to do the work for me. By using a generative program I could make each poster unique, within the design constraints of the event. The key is to use Processing’s PDF library to record a printable version of everything you’re drawing on the screen. When you’re done, you just bring the PDF to your local copy shop or fine art large format printer.
The complete set of posters and the code can be seen on the Modern Device blog.
Comment on Maker Pro Newsletter — We Want Your Feedback by Jacob Johnson
Maker Pro Newsletter will not be publishing this week because of the Fourth of July holiday.
But while we have your attention, we are looking for feedback, after four months of publishing.
How are we doing?
What would you like to see more of? Less of?
The business of makingCrowdfunding trendsProfiles of professional makersMakerspace newsHardware startupsNew products and toolsTechnology and market trendsMaker business strategies and tacticsNews from maker-oriented companiesAnd how’s the length: too long? too short?
Please let us know in the comments below.
And have a great Fourth!
—The Maker Pro Newsletter team
I'm the editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter. Homebase: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Comment on In the Maker Shed: Minty Boost USB Charger by kosmetyczka
Let’s face it, we love our gadgets. They keep us connected, they keep us secure, and they have fully integrated themselves into our lives. But what happens when your gadget runs out of batteries and you are nowhere near a charger? With the Minty Boost USB Charger from the Maker Shed, you don’t have to worry! Just build the kit, put it in a tin, add two AA batteries and your USB powered gadget will be back in action in no time. Don’t want to worry about carrying batteries around? Make a Solar Minty Boost like Instructables user JoshuaZimmerman. Just use some rechargeable batteries, attach a solar cell, add a diode and let the sun take care of the rest!
Also in the Maker Shed: 3D Printers Buyer's Guide — 15 ReviewedGetting Started in 3DLearn the Software Toolchain3D Design for Beginners3D Printing without a Printer
Buy now!
The Maker Shed is brought to you by Maker Media, the makers of MAKE Magazine, the Maker Faire, and much more.
Launched originally as a source for back issues of MAKE Magazine, the Maker Shed expanded rapidly to meet the demand for 'projects in a box,' otherwise known as kits. Now we have a little bit of everything for makers, crafters, and budding scientists, from Arduinos to sock monkeys to chemistry sets .
Comment on Makers: Last Call for World Maker Faire by sabina
Got a great project you want to share with the world? Our fourth annual World Maker Faire New York is taking place on September 21 and 22 at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, and the call for makers is open until this Sunday, July 28. Last year, we had 650 makers and 55,000 attendees! Apply today to share what you make with the best community in the world.
There are four types of entries:
Maker Exhibit – an all-weekend exhibit space to demonstrate your project(s)
Performer – a scheduled performance, usually on a stage, set lengths vary
Presenter – a scheduled 10, 20 or 45 minute presentation, usually on a stage
Sponsor – companies or commercial entities
We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things.
Here are just some of the topics that we’re looking for:
? Student projects
? Robotics
? Arduino projects
? Raspberry Pi
? Space projects
? Food makers
? Conductive materials projects
? Kit makers
? Interactive art projects
? 3D Printers and CNC Mills
? Textile Arts and Crafts
? Home Energy Monitoring
? Rockets and RC Toys
? Sustainability
? Green Tech
? Radios, Vintage Computers, and Game Systems
? Electronics
? Electric Vehicles
? Biology/Biotech and Chemistry projects
? Puppets
? Kites
? Bicycles
? Shelter (Tents, Domes, etc.)
? Music Performances and Participation
? Unusual Tools or Machines
? How to Fix Things or Take them Apart (Vacuums, Clocks, Washing Machines, etc.)
Check out our promo video for this year’s World Maker Faire New York and get excited!
Comment on Maker Hangar Episode 5: Servos by Christine C. Martin (@ChristineCMarti)
In Episode 5 of Maker Hangar, Lucas Weakley teaches us about servos, these are the little motors that move the control surfaces on RC planes. We learn about the different parts of a servo, and what each of them do. We see how to classify servos by their sizes, weights, and strength. Lucas also goes over the different types of linkages and the techniques on hooking up control surfaces.
MAKE and Lucas Weakley have teamed up to bring you Maker Hangar, a 15-episode tutorial series that will teach you everything you need to know to build and fly this custom RC plane, the Maker Trainer.
New installments will air every Tuesday and Thursday through August. Also, be sure to join us on the Maker Hangar Google+ Community page to share your ideas, comments, photos and video and details for your own RC plane project builds.
Lucas Weakley is a 17-year-old Eagle Scout who will be a senior next year in the Engineering and Manufacturing Institute for Technology (EMIT) at Forest High School in Ocala, Fla. Lucas became interested in flight and got his first RC plane for his ninth birthday. Recently he’s been designing and building his own planes and hosts an R/C aircraft YouTube show called BusyBee TV. Lucas also has his own aerial videography company called TopView Aerials.
For more information about the series, as well as archived videos, head to the Maker Hangar page.
Comment on Makers: Last Call for World Maker Faire by ava8900
Got a great project you want to share with the world? Our fourth annual World Maker Faire New York is taking place on September 21 and 22 at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, and the call for makers is open until this Sunday, July 28. Last year, we had 650 makers and 55,000 attendees! Apply today to share what you make with the best community in the world.
There are four types of entries:
Maker Exhibit – an all-weekend exhibit space to demonstrate your project(s)
Performer – a scheduled performance, usually on a stage, set lengths vary
Presenter – a scheduled 10, 20 or 45 minute presentation, usually on a stage
Sponsor – companies or commercial entities
We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things.
Here are just some of the topics that we’re looking for:
? Student projects
? Robotics
? Arduino projects
? Raspberry Pi
? Space projects
? Food makers
? Conductive materials projects
? Kit makers
? Interactive art projects
? 3D Printers and CNC Mills
? Textile Arts and Crafts
? Home Energy Monitoring
? Rockets and RC Toys
? Sustainability
? Green Tech
? Radios, Vintage Computers, and Game Systems
? Electronics
? Electric Vehicles
? Biology/Biotech and Chemistry projects
? Puppets
? Kites
? Bicycles
? Shelter (Tents, Domes, etc.)
? Music Performances and Participation
? Unusual Tools or Machines
? How to Fix Things or Take them Apart (Vacuums, Clocks, Washing Machines, etc.)
Check out our promo video for this year’s World Maker Faire New York and get excited!
Comment on the animal carousel, helmets in hand to Kingsport Mini Maker Faire to regulars
Jaclyn Bowen painted one of many carved wooden characters who will be part of the active working carousel opening in Kingsport next spring.Last Sunday scored second Kingsport Mini annual Maker make of Tennessee. Kayla Williams, who contributed to the event, takes into account:
It looks like a good time was had by all. Check out some shots of the day Kayla:
The road to the Maker Faire challenge will award $2,500 for a single winner for his seven World Maker Faire project. 21 & 22, 2013 in New York. Use the financing of equipment, transportation or anything else that you might need to get to the Maker Faire. Applications should be filed 11:59 pm PT on August 5, 2013.
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