How Many Harvard Researchers Does It Take To Smoke A Brisket?
How many Harvard University researchers does it take to smoke a beef brisket? Turns out that the answer is 16.The teams goal was to build a smoker that would consistently produce the best smoked...
View Article3D Print a Fast Paddle Boat and Win a 3D Printer! (Video)
Remember building those simple wooden paddle boats powered by rubber bands as a kid? We do, and we remember what a blast it was to construct, test, and then race them against our friends.Now, thanks to...
View ArticleEnvironmentally Friendly Fun Commuting – BOLT Motorbikes (Video)
When we think of San Francisco a few things immediately come to mind. Hilly, environment conscious, hilly, hilly, and hilly. That’s why it was no surprise to run into Nathan Jauvtis, the founder and...
View ArticleMakerCon: Chris Anderson On How The Maker Movement Has Changed (Video)
As of May 2015, the Bay Area Maker Faire, and the maker movement in general, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Along with massive growth, publicity, and world wide attention, the movement has gone...
View ArticleHacking Micro Copters – Flying Dragons
I guess it isn’t too surprising, but it hadn’t occurred to me how easily cheap off-the-shelf items like micro-copters can be hacked. At the Bay Area Maker Faire, I ran across quite a few of the under...
View ArticleBay Area Kinetic Artist Displays Spooky “Twilight Zone-Like” Creation (video)
Mark Galt, a well known and respected Bay Area creator of kinetic art and automata, displayed several of his works at the Bay Area Maker Faire held in San Mateo last weekend. One of his more recent...
View ArticleMeccano Introduces Two New Humanoid Robot Kits at Maker Faire (video)
The original Meccano concept was extremely innovative and exciting, at least when it was first introduced in 1901. It enabled users in hacking together concept prototypes of mechanical structures,...
View ArticleRobots On Track To Replace Room Service Staff (Video)
Ever want to order room service at a strange hotel late at night, but were concerned about letting the delivery person into your room? Here’s a service robot that can solve that problem for you…...
View ArticleBay Area Maker Faire 2015: Tony Stark Meets Geppetto (Video)
One of the great things about the Maker Movement is that people express their creativity, no matter how mainstream or bizarre, with complete freedom of expression and using an unlimited palette of...
View ArticleJohn Biehler Featured on Global BC TV Covering 3D Printing (Video)
John Biehler, technology guru and 3D printing evangelist, shows off the current state of affordable 3D printing and talks about how rapidly things have evolved over the past couple years. In the...
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