This article appeared in Make: Vol 93. Subscribe for more great projects. My career never prepared me for electronics manufacturing. In 2011, I had time on my hands after leaving a biotechnology company I had helped start, and my daughter’s head of school asked if I’d help set up a new makerspace in their 6–12 grade school. As a lifelong tinkerer who believed in the importance of making in education, I jumped at the chance. I ended...
We’re excited to invite you to a brand-new workshop created in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Whether you’re modernizing factory operations or tinkering with your first industrial project, this hands-on workshop is your gateway to building cloud-connected PLCs that ship data – fast. At Arduino, we believe in making advanced technology more accessible. That’s why we’ve teamed up with AWS to help more people take their first steps into cloud-connected industrial IoT, using tools that are reliable,...
This article appeared in Make: Vol. 90. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! Expert woodworker Peter Vivian has been a maker for as long as he can remember. Building upon early success in a model-making competition at school, Vivian trained as a technical illustrator and spent the next two and a half decades in graphic design and commercial photography. Yet throughout that time, he yearned to have his own woodworking business, which he eventually launched...
Manufacturer: HOTO Price as tested: $30–$120 Link: hototools.com Here in Ann Arbor, we have an amazing library that lets you check out not only books, movies, and games, but even artwork, tools, and music gear. It was through this program that I first experienced the Teenage Engineering OP-1, a combination synthesizer, sampler, and multi-tracker that is intuitive to use and gorgeous to look at. Shortly after this, I acquired one of my own so that I didn’t have to keep waiting...
