Evgeny Morozov: Hackers, Makers, and the Next Industrial Revolution : The New Yorker: “Morozov argues that we place too much faith in technology to improve an aspect of life. He offers a pre-history of the maker movement as a way to show that much more is needed to transform education than the purchasing 3d printers and arduinos. “
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The Year of 100 Maker Faires
The Year of 100 Maker Faires “More than 530,000 people experienced a Maker Faire in 2013.”
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Beautiful Embroidered Circuits – Fashioning Technology
Liquid Metal Printer Lays Electronic Circuits on Paper, Plastic and Even Cotton | MIT Technology Review
Liquid Metal Printer Lays Electronic Circuits on Paper, Plastic and Even Cotton “A simple way to print circuits on a wide range of flexible substrates using an inkjet printer has eluded materials scientists. Until now.”
How Many Educators Does it Take to Organize a Local Maker Faire?
How Many Educators Does it Take to Organize a Local Maker Faire? “Maker Faires are hot and quickly spreading throughout the country with the mission to “entertain, inform, connect and inspire these thousands of Makers and aspiring Makers. These events open up the world of creativity that most attendees were not aware existed in their local areas. …Maker Faires are where hands-on projects, learning, STEM, art, creativity, school, community and family all come together for a day of exciting activity to blur the lines that normally define them each as separate entities.”