“EEG sensing is ready for prime time.” From the editors of MAKE magazine, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Click here to subscribe to this [...]

We talked about them back in MAKE volume 31, and we also had them at Maker Camp last year as part of our field trip to the NASA Neuroscience Lab, but now they have a Kickstarter project. If you’ve ever wanted your own cyborg army, now might be your chance. Our Roboroach is an innovative [...]

Until nontoxic, biodegradable, single-use, disposable socks become a reality, everyone has to do the laundry. And for many this is a pain. Besides the obvious time sink, laundry can be fairly resource intensive. However, with this simple DIY project, you can dramatically cut down the cost of cleaning your clothes by making your own laundry [...]

Here is a video of my 2013 Distinguished Speaker talk at SXSW EDU in Austin, TX. In this talk, I wanted to contrast formal and informal learning, and point out that informal learning is a kind of magic. We see it but we really don’t know how it works and we don’t understand its value. [...]

Mexico City-based artist and nomadic plants maker Gilberto Esparza is back at it again. In collaboration with the Lincoln Reimagine Project, the video below debuted at TEDActive in Palm Springs last month. Developed in order to have conversations about polluted rivers in Mexico, Esparza will collect water samples, with each sample’s contents producing unique audio [...]

Our Dale Dougherty tours the recent UK Maker Faire, and shows how the Maker Movement is thriving and growing all over the world. Highlights include Daleks, Rebel Pilots, and playing Pong with bacteria. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/5p2y697m3Bc/

A few years ago we solicited input from our staff and the MAKE community for little nuggets of fatherly advice. It’s a great list. Here’s a PDF of it so you can print it out and hang it above your tool bench or put it in your maker’s notebook. But the thing about dads is [...]

MAKE is looking for enthusiasts in 3D printing, scanning, CAD, and CNC to help expand our coverage of this dynamic field both online and in the magazine. We want contributors with ears to the ground who can write about trends, industry developments, new technologies, and the latest applications of all things 3D. If that’s you, send [...]

When visiting the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire a couple of weekends ago, I met the fine folks behind the Maker Mobile, a workshop on wheels created by four teachers who want to share their love for building creative projects and get young people involved in Vancouver’s maker community. The Maker Mobile made its first public [...]

The third annual Red Bull Creation event is finally upon us! The fun begins with the first official build day today, June 13th, in Brooklyn alongside the Northside Festival. The competition, which is happening in Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, is open to the public and begins at 11 AM. The six participating teams were selected from [...]

Maker Faire North Carolina producer Jon Danforth is pretty thrilled with their front-page splash earlier this week on the Triangle’s largest newspaper, The Raleigh News Observer. “What that means is that North Carolina has maybe finally realized at an institutional level that making is real and is happening in the mainstream.” Danforth is also happy [...]

Our friends from Tested have released Know Your Arduino: A Practical Guide to The Most Common Boards. The guide is accompanied by a 30-minute video, below, with Will and Norm, where they show boards ranging from the Mini to the Mega, and then demo specific applications like gaming on the Esplora or driving the recently [...]