Hack Your Dinner With ‘Edible Inventions’
‘Make: Edible Inventions’ is the perfect introduction to your first attempts at becoming a Maker in a very familiar setting: your own kitchen.
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Let’s Start Coding: The Next Step in Maker Education
Keep your older kids busy this summer by getting hands-on with making and coding an array of projects with kits from Let’s Start Coding.
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Southwest Maker Fest Happening This Weekend
Mesa, Arizona, will once again host the Southwest Maker Fest, a collaborative one-day festival and gathering for a community of makers seeking to achieve the “vision of a connected community, empowered by creativity.” The event will take place on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in the heart of downtown Mesa from 12pm to 7pm and is free to the public.
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2015 Holiday Gift Guide #7: DIY and Makers
Artist, maker, electronics geek, DIY enthusiast, and builder are just some of the names we call ourselves, but, whatever your moniker, we all share a love for creating, building, and the warm sense of accomplishment. Recent advances in technology, and price of the technology, have been a boon to the maker and DIY movement. Below we list the tools, technologies, supplies, and projects that inspired us this year.
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Snickerdoodle: Next Generation Maker and STEM Projects
Snickerdoodle is the newest microprocessor development board that allows you to make what you’ve always thought and been told you could never make.
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A Very Geeky Sukkot (Su-what?)
On Sunday, what may be the geekiest, or at least most maker-oriented, Jewish holiday begins. Find out more about Sukkot.
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Talented Makers Abound in Season Two of ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy’ on PBS
‘A Craftsman’s Legacy’ Returns to PBS with 13 episodes on highly talented artisans who make bows, cheese, armor, quilts, and more.
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Kickstarter by a Kid: Kevo Is a Simple and Affordable Vacuum Former
Ted Brull, a young inventor from Kansas City, has a Kickstarter project to promote his vacuum forming tool.
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HP Sprout Is Perfect for Budding Artists
HP has built an all-in-one with something special: the ability to interact with the physical world. Cool, or gimmick?
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Glowforge: From ‘Robot Turtles’ to Actual Lasers
Dan Shapiro created a programming-based board game for kids that involved turtles with lasers. Now he wants to sell you real lasers.
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How to Learn New Skills From Experts Near You
All sorts of resources and inspirations to educate yourself.
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Gift Guide: Ideas For Makers and Hackers
Still looking for the perfect gifts for the makers and hackers on your list? It’s not too late! We’ve got suggestions.
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Boulder, Colorado Invaded, Overrun by Makers, Hackers, Ne’er-Do-Wells!
Whether here. there or elsewhere, let’s put some tools in our kids’ hands and get the Ziploc bags ready.
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Doozers, a New Maker Show for Preschoolers, Premieres Today!
A new Hulu Plus show focusing on invention and making for preschoolers premieres today, and GeekMom is running a contest to help someone get in on the fun.
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Makies – Dolls That Have Made the Leap Into the 21st Century
A geeklet gets to test out a Makie Doll — a custom designed, 3D printed doll that is a refreshing change from all of the “girly” dolls out there at the moment.
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Find a Classic Book From Taschen for Everyone on Your Shopping List
Taschen prints books worth owning. Books that you want to hold and turn the pages. Pull out and read, share them with your friends, or read to your children. Let me share a few that you may want to consider as we enter the 2013 gift giving season.
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NoCo Maker Faire: Exactly What I Imagined a Maker Faire to Be!
This past weekend my family and I made a two-hour trek to Loveland, Colorado, for the state’s first-ever NoCo Mini Maker Faire.
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Who's Joining Judy and Patricia at NoCo Maker Faire?
We’re so excited that Colorado now has its very own Maker Faire! If you’re within driving distance, be sure to join GeekMom Judy and me on Saturday, October 5th at the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology for some Maker fun!
Continue ReadingProject H Design – An Amazing Maker Summer Camp for Girls
Studio G is a one-of-a-kind design and building summer camp for girls ages 9-12 that sparks creativity and curiosity through hands-on building, problem-solving, and meaningful making. Girls will cut plywood with a jigsaw, fuse metal with a welder, and create projects of personal and social relevance.
Continue ReadingMeet the Makers of DIY.org
DIY.org, the maker community for kids, have released a set of videos showcasing some of their favorite makers in their bedroom workshops and backyard labs. Have a look and be inspired.
Continue ReadingDon’t Be Bored, Be Unbored – Review and Giveaway
Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun is a wonderful collection of makes, activities, inspiration and knowledge beautifully presented and well worthy of a space in any GeekKid’s library. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy.
Continue ReadingBuild, Make, Hack, Grow With DIY.org
Watch the new ‘Anthem’ video from DIY.org – the maker community for kids, and help your kids be inspired to earn their new Skills badges.
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Learning How To Inspire Creativity
I am starting a new public-access prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, called MindGear Labs, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Turning Tables
Its only been today that I can laugh about this. (Both injuries are on the right so I tell folks that I hobble around in circles.) If you work at the same government agency I do you’ll probably hear about …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Global Scale
There is a lot more to research about the globe option. How many projectors will I need? If I only illuminate around the equator then then the top and bottom of the globe will see little light. How will I …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Rules of Thumb, the Revenge
I see all of these benchmarks as knobs to turn and adjust to maximize the effectiveness of MindGear. In reality though I don’t know ahead of time where these knobs should be set. The data I’ve collected gives me some …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Now Official Part 2
I’d like to finish the process of registering a new business. I started this discussion two weeks ago but only covered how I decided on which organizational format (Limited Liability Company or LLC) and IRS filing format (subchapter S). I …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Crossroads
So the slow progress may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I’m getting a crash course in business, which has been much more fun than it would have if I wasn’t motivated by starting a business. I’m slowly …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Now Official
I’ve left off a lot of stuff off here, so maybe this needs to be a two – parter. Oh, and here is the bad news. It looks like the deal will fall through for the space I was going …
Continue ReadingA Start Up Trek – Creative Commons
So in summary creative time is good. Here I was able to work out the interactions of the different aspects of MindGear, and develop my drawing skills a little. I have to put off doing a better sketch because financial …
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