Ukuvakasha kwalesi makerspace ngaphandle kwaseDenver naseBoulder, eColorado kwenzeka ngoSepthemba 2019, kusasele isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuthi i-COVID-19 ivule izikhala ezinjengalezi emakhanda abo. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube namuhla, iTinkerMill ivulekele ibhizinisi, noma ngabe kunezinyathelo ezithile zokuqapha ezikhona. Thatha ukubuka ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhala esikhulu, futhi esihlome kahle kuvidiyo engezansi nge…
Phakathi kukaSepthemba 16th-20th kulo nyaka, iDenver yayichichima ngabantu abangaphandle kwedolobha ngeviki Lokuqalisa iDenver. (Okwakudumaza kakhulu abagibeli bomdabu base-Denverite Uber.) Lapha, ungafunda mayelana nokuqhubekayo okuhlobene nokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo ophathekayo kule ngqungquthela yamahhala. Zaziningi. Bheka ngezansi ukuze uthole ividiyo: Indawo engizama ukuthi...
Lolu hambo lwe-MADE Makerspace eBarcelona, eSpain kwaba yindawo yami yokugcina yokumisa izindiza eYurophu ukuze ngifunde ngesiko lokuqalisa le-HW lapho. Buka le vidiyo engezansi ukuze uhambe nami, noma ufunde eminye imininingwane! Ngingathanda ukubonga kakhulu ku-Oriol Fernandez we “MAKing props” ngokuthatha…
Muva nje, ngivakashele iYurophu ukuze ngifunde ukuthi iziqalo zehardware zakhula kanjani lapho. Ikuphi i-Euro Silicon Valley? Kuphathwa kanjani ukuqala lapho kuqhathaniswa nase-US? Ukuxhumana, uxhaso nokwakhiwa kwamaqembu kusebenza kanjani ngaleya? Esinye sezindawo engamisa kuzo kwakuyiWarsaw, ePoland. Lapha, ngizokwabelana ngalokhu engikufundile ngivakashela i-FabLab enikwe amandla…
Sime nge-Gowanus Audio e-Brooklyn, NY ukuze sithole uhlu lwesinyathelo ngesinyathelo sekilasi labo lesipikha se-Bluetooth ye-DIY. Umsunguli, u-Pete Raho, wabelane ngemininingwane namathiphu kuvidiyo engezansi ukuze uzenzele wena! Buka Ividiyo Ukuze Uthole Incazelo Ngazo Zonke Izinto: Izinketho Ezi-3 Zokuthi Ungakwakha Kanjani Lokhu: Hamba...
I-Zippable iyindlela yenoveli yokwenza kakhulu noma yikuphi ukwakheka okususelwa entweni okwenziwe ngendwangu ongakucabanga. Njengoba igama liphakamisa, uziphu usetshenziswa njengohlelo lokuvala. Kepha okupholile ngempela ngamaZippable nguziphu omkhulu ovunguzayo omkhulu. Ukuhamba okuya phezulu njengoba uziphu uvaliwe, ngomlingo kuguqula ukusonteka, ukugoba…
Akunakuphikwa ukuthi izixhumi zokuxhumana zezwi ziyikusasa lokwakhiwa kokusebenzisana. Noma ngabe kwenziwa nge-Apple's Siri, i-Amazon's Alexa, iGoogle Home, noma noma iyiphi inamba yezingxoxo nobuchwepheshe obusha be-AI, 'isikhombimsebenzisi esingabonakali' sihlola izikrini zenzelwe inkulumo ukusondla imininingwane noma ukuthatha imiyalo. Ngokujabulisayo, amabhodi entuthuko angabizi njengeRaspberry Pi ane…
Ngenkathi cishe yonke into idinga uhlobo oluthile lwenqubo yokuyiletha isuka esimweni esiluhlaza iye ekwakhiweni okuqediwe, zimbalwa izinto ezidinga ukunakwa ngumdali njengeglasi. Kusukela ekushiseni kuya ekunyakazeni okungaguquguquki, kanye nokusebenzisana okuvame ukubandakanyeka ekwakheni izingcezu ezinkulu, inqubo yokwakha izinto zengilazi ngu…
UJack Lennie usanda kuphothula iziqu zemiklamo esekwe e-Edinburgh ngeziqu zokuqala ze-honors, isitifiketi seSolidWorks nomklomelo kazwelonke ngaphansi kwengalo yakhe. Ubuye futhi wakhipha ikhithi yokwakha elandekayo yokwenza isithuthuthu cishe kunoma iyiphi i-workshop yesimanje. Akukubi. Idizayinelwe ukuphefumula "ukuqashisa okusha kwempilo kokulimala noma…
Ngaphandle kokuthi ubukade ungaphansi kwedwala, kungenzeka ukuthi ubonile ama-'Menzi 'ama-video asesilinganisweni selokhu ukunyakaza kususwe njengokukhetha kokulandisa kwabo bobabili abenzi bamafilimu abazimele namathimba wokumaketha cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Akumangazi ukuthi lo mnyakazo uhlangatshezwe ngesabelo esilinganayo seminyaka edlule - kepha…
Yize kungakaze kube lula kangako kosomabhizinisi bezingcweti ukusungula izinkampani zabo ngenxa yakho konke kusuka ezinhlelweni zokukhokha ezihlelekile kuya ezinsizakalweni zokwakha iwebhusayithi, ukuthola impumelelo yamazwe omhlaba ngokuthengisa izinkuni ngama- $ 1000 ngenqwaba impela akuyona indaba yempumelelo ejwayelekile. Noma kunjalo ngosomabhizinisi waseCanada uJesse Horn, ithuba lokusungula indawo yakhe eNyakatho…
Yize i-Etsy iyindawo yokushayelwa inhlekelele yezandla kusukela ekusetshenzisweni kabusha kwezinyoni zekhofi eziphrintiwe kuya emifanekisweni yokudweba kaDkt Phil, indawo yemakethe yezobuchwepheshe eku-inthanethi njengamanje inenani elingu- $ 3.5 billion - ngenxa ye-IPO le nkampani eqede ngempumelelo ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule. Kuze kube manje, inkampani ibilokhu iqinile mayelana…
Ngifuna ukwethula kothile. Ake sibize lo muntu ngokuthi uGary. UGary usebenza ubusuku nezimpelasonto egalaji kuphrojekthi esekwe kubuchwepheshe ofanayo obusebenzayo. UGary unguMenzi. Kubone ngamehlo engqondo lokhu, umi uzungeza indawo epholisa amanzi ukhononda ngokuthi iphathi yeholide yangonyaka odlule ibingcono kanjani ngoba bebe…
Njengokungathi ukuphonsa isitsha se-ceramic, isitsha noma iketela letiye esondweni akusadingi ikhono nokubekezela okwanele ngezandla zakho, umuntu angacabanga nje ngobungako besineke obuzothatha ukwenza inqubo efanayo ngqo ngezicucu ezilinganisa i-1 kuphela ″ Ubude. Kodwa-ke, lawa mazwibela amancane e-ceramic ayilokho okuzichaze ngokwako…
Ukwenza noma yiluphi uhlobo lwebhizinisi oluzungeza ukukhiqiza kungaba yinselele - ikakhulukazi kumabhizinisi amancane anezinsizakusebenza ezikhawulelwe kanye ne-bandwidth. Ngenkathi iqembu elihleleke kahle kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okwanele kuyisiqalo esihle, izinselelo ezisukela ekuphathweni kwephrojekthi kanye nobudlelwano bamakhasimende kuya ekuphathweni kwempahla nokubhila kungaba nzima kakhulu ukuphikisana…
Kumenzi wamafilimu uBen Proudfoot, ukukhipha imibhalo esezingeni eliphakeme ekhuluma ngendaba yenqubo yoMenzi ukuhamba epaki. Umenzi wamafilimu owazalelwa eNova Scotia wafunda e-University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts eLos Angeles futhi selokhu wahamba wayozuza inqwaba yemiklomelo yomkhosi emhlabeni jikelele ngisho neziqu…
Ikhishwe njengenye yezinhlelo zokusebenza ezinhle kakhulu ze-iPad zonyaka yi-Apple, i-GoldieBlox ne-Movie Machine App ihlanya kakhulu futhi iyajabulisa kakhulu. Idizayinelwe ukusetshenziswa eceleni kwethoyiyiyeli lobunjiniyela le-GoldieBlox Movie Machine lamantombazane (nabafana!), Ngibe nesikhathi sempilo yami ngokumane ngihlole lolu hlelo lokusebenza lobunjiniyela nobuciko be-movie-animation. Izinto zokuqala kuqala:…
Ngenkathi uMenzi, ukufaka amakhodi kanye nesiko elijwayelekile le-DIY liqhume ukuthandwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, kwake kwaba nesikhathi lapho ukuvuselelwa kwemboni ejwayelekile nokwakhiwa kwephrojekthi akuvelanga kusesho olusheshayo lwe-Google… kwavela kumagazini wakho wenyanga odumile we-Electronics . Umagazini odumile wokuzilibazisa, owasungulwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-10 edlule…
Njengoba bekhiqize amatafula e-skateboard kusukela ngo-1991, i-Long Island, i-Chapman Skateboards esekwe e-NY ibe ngumhlinzeki wenombolo eyodwa wezitezi zamabhodi okushushuluza emikhiqizweni enkulu kakhulu yama-skate e-East Coast kubandakanya iZoo York, Hopps, Supreme, Infamous kanye neminye imikhiqizo emincane. Ngokubukeka kwangaphandle kwemboni, ungacabanga ukuthi indawo yabo – cishe…
Ngabantu abangaphezu kwama-60,000 abebekhona ngonyaka odlule, i-MAKE Magazine's World Maker Faire NYC ingaphezu kokulungiswa kwesayensi nje manje; isekisi eligcwele. Ukuqoqwa kwaminyaka yonke kwama-tinkerer, hackers, DIYers nalabo ababathandayo kube nomunye unyaka ophumelele kule mpelasonto edlule ngenxa yesimo sezulu esihle nohlu olukhulayo 'lwabenzi'…
Uma ubulokhu uzungeze ibhulokhi le-SolidSmack isikhashana, kungenzeka ukuthi izandla zakho zinamathele ekuphuzeni ubhiya obuningi kakhulu futhi isisu sakho sibuhlungu ngokudla amabhola amaningi kashizi. Kungenzeka ukuthi uhlangabezane nesinye seziteshi zethu esizithandayo se-YouTube uFrank Makes. Idalwe ngumakhi osewathatha umhlalaphansi nongumboni wezinkuni uFrank Howarth, lo…
Ngenkathi sibonile ukugqama 'kwe-3D ceramics ephrintiwe' kule minyaka embalwa edlule, bambalwa ababulawa abake bahlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi bangeze imininingwane kusendlalelo ngasinye esikhishiwe. Ukuhlose ukudala izingcezu ze-Ceramic eziphrintiwe ze-3D ezicishe zifane nezinto zakudala ezinomlando nezinemininingwane kunokuba kube isitsha se-Play-Doh esigqinsiwe, umculi waseDashi u-Oliver van Herpt…
Sihlala sikhuluma ngekusasa lokuklama, ikusasa lobuchwepheshe, ikusasa LOKWENZA. Ezweni lapho amachibi okubhukuda angenza khona izifunzo ezibukhoma zezinye zezindawo eziphambili zokuntywila ukuze kube nokuhlangenwe nakho okucwiliswa ngokuphelele, umhlaba lapho 'ama-Smart Homes' azokwazi ukulawulwa yimizwa kunalokho…
Sinesiqiniseko sokuthi uma ubungavula isichazamazwi sakho esiseduze bese usivulela egameni elithi 'Insanity', igama likaColin Furze belizobe likhona lapho. U-plumber, u-stuntman, umqambi, nomenzi wamafilimu wase-Stamford, e-Lincolnshire, eNgilandi waziwa ngezinto zakhe zasendle nezikhangayo ezisukela ku-'The World's Fastest Pram '(ephelele…
Isungulwe eSheffield, eNgilandi ngo-1902 (futhi okuyindawo okwazalelwa kuyo insimbi engagqwali), u-Ernest Wright noSons ubelokhu ekhipha ezinye izikele kanye nezikere emhlabeni wonke umuntu kusuka kubathungi abangochwepheshe kuya kubagundi nakho konke okuphakathi. Ngokungafani neminikelo ekhiqizwa ngobuningi njenge-Scissors ephathekayo ye-Fiskars Orange-Handled, ama-blade ngamunye…
Kakade inkosi yokuqoqwa kwemali yabantu abaningi, uKickstarter umemezele namuhla ukuthi bazosheshisa inqubo yokuvunywa kwemizamo yokwenza kube lula kubantu ukuthi benze imikhankaso yabo yethulwe kanye nemibono yabo emhlabeni. Kumenyezelwe kokuthunyelwe kubhulogi namhlanje ekuseni kusuka kumphathi we-Kickstarter u-Yancey Strickler, isici esisha 'Sokuqalisa Manje'…
Kusukela yethulwa ngo-2006 eSan Mateo, eCalifornia, iBay Area Maker Faire ibingumcimbi wokuqala wabenzi, abakwa-DIY, abaduni, nanoma ngubani onentshisekelo yokwenza izinto zibe ngokoqobo. Ngayo yonke into kusuka emitholampilo yokufaka uthayela kuya esigodini sokunyathelisa se-3D, kunzima ukushiya umcimbi uzizwa ungaphefumulelwe ukuthola lelo hlangothi le-wacky…
Sibonile isabelo sethu esilinganayo se-April Fools 'Day design spoofs eminyakeni embalwa edlule ebesikholwe ngandlela thile… ukube bekungengenxa yokuthi ukukhishwa kwabezindaba kwaphuma ngo-Ephreli 1. Izolo bekungafani futhi naphakathi kwemikhiqizo efana ne-Sphero SelfieBot kanye ne-'Helmet ye-Twitter 'ephefumulelwe u-falconry, labo abase…
Isungulwe ngo-2010 ngumhleli wencwadi uPatrick Mulligan nomklami wezithombe uBen Gibson, inhloso yePop Chart Lab eseBrooklyn bekufanele yenze into eyodwa futhi ikwenze kahle kakhulu: inikeze lonke ulwazi lomuntu ngesimo seshadi. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, laba bobabili bazithole sebeneziqu ezintsha (uPatrick njengoHlelo loMqondisi noBen…
Yenza Umhlaba. Kunabantu abaningi abakhuluma ngokunyathelisa kwe-3D okuletha endaweni yokukhiqiza futhi abambalwa abenza konke kwenzeke. Abangani bethu e-Adafruit bamemezele uchungechunge olude lwenyanga olusha lwe-Google + Hangout olungena ngokujulile ezindabeni ezakha lokhu okushiwo kakhulu…
Inyanga nje eyodwa esanda kuphuma ekolishi, umdwebi wemidwebo uJeff Sheldon waseDownington, PA wazithola ehamba ngezinyathelo ezimbalwa zokuphila: washada nesithandwa sakhe samabanga aphakeme, wathuthela kwesinye isimo (eVermont), waqala umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, umqambi osemusha wazithola eqhubeka ephupha ngokuqalisa uhlobo lwakhe lomkhiqizo olugxile…
Kuleli sonto i-EngineerVsDesigner ihlale phansi nonjiniyela bokudizayina ngemuva kwe-in-one 'Machine in a Box' Microfactory, uMnuz Jeremy Fryer-Biggs weMebotics. IMicrofactory iyinhlanganisela yephrinta ye-3D, isigayo, ne-laser etcher. Sizokhuluma noJeremy ngayo yonke into kusuka ekutheni izingxenye zomuntu ngamunye emshinini ziqhathanisa kanjani nezinye izinhlelo eziku…
Faka lokhu ngaphansi 'kwezizathu zakho zokuthola umshini we-CNC esikhathini esizayo esiseduze' uma ungakakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo. I-OpenDesk ingumthombo omusha ovulekile wokuklama ifenisha yomthombo ovela eqenjini elingemuva kweFabHub elihlose ukuhlola amamodeli amasha womklamo ovulekile nowokubambisana wemiklamo yefenisha yesimanje yamahhala eyenziwe ngamadijithi ukuthi…
Kuleli sonto u-EngineerVsDesigner uhlale phansi nabafana ababili abaxhumanisa abenzi kubantu… Mnu. UMike Salguero noJim Haughwout weCustomMade.com! Uma ukholwa noma ungakukholwa, iCustomMade ingelinye lamasayithi okuqala e-E-Commerce futhi ibilokhu ikhona kusukela ngo-1996. Muva nje, uMike noJim bebelokhu befaka iCustomMade egiyeni lesithupha ukuxhuma nangaphezulu…
Akukho lutho olufana nokugoqana esihlalweni esisodwa sesikhumba se-safari, esenziwe sabukeka ngokugqamile njengaleso osikhumbulayo ohambweni lwakho lobuntwana ngeSerengeti. Iphakethe lamabhubesi lilitholile lelo, kepha leli… nalo lifana nalo, kodwa futhi lingcono kakhulu, ngoba leli lenzelwe umkhuba. Singafaka imali…
Sihlose ukuba yisitolo esihamba phambili soMphakathi wase-UK Makers Community, isitolo se-iMakr silungiselela ukuvulwa okukhulu okulindelwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngasekupheleni kwenyanga. Njengoba kubikwe phambilini yiSolidSmack, isitolo sizofaka zonke izinto kuMenzi ezindabeni ezimbili zesikhala sokuthengisa. Nokho okubaluleke kakhulu, kuzoba yisibonelo sokuqala sehhovisi…
Ngokuvamile evela ezithendeni zeprojekthi ye-OpenRov yomthombo ovulekile wamanzi awakha e-TechShop, uDavid Lang selokhu wazimaketha 'njengoMenzi (ongalindelekile) uMenzi' ukusiza ukukhulula labo abanamadolo abuthakathaka kwiMove Movement. Ngemuva kokuphelelwa umsebenzi wakhe edeskini, uthathe isinqumo sokuthi uzokwenza okunye ngaphandle kokubuka…
Njengomklami, unjiniyela, noma umenzi, uzokwazi kanjani ukugcina ijubane embonini ehlala iphazanyiswa yi- "New Faces" futhi yakha wonke amabhizinisi ngokoqobo ngobusuku obubodwa? Njengoba imikhiqizo iza emakethe ngokushesha kunanini ngaphambili, iliphi isu elingcono kakhulu lokuzibeka emnothweni womhlaba wonke wokuncintisana okhulayo njalo?…
Uyayazi, ngiyayazi, wonke umuntu uyazi: Ukwehliswa kwentando yeningi kwezobuchwepheshe kuguqula yonke into kusuka endleleni esiyiklama ngayo kuya endleleni esiyiklama ngayo. I-mindset yokuzenzela ishayela izinto ezintsha ngenkathi ichaza kabusha i-DIY ngezindlela esingakaze sizibone ngaphambili. Kubukeka sengathi i-subculture yoMenzi ikhula kakhulu futhi wonke umuntu ushaya ucingo…
Ephefumulelwe ngumdwebi waseDutch Modernist uPiet Mondrain, uMklami wase-East London uHugo Passos unikeza ulwazi olusha mayelana "nendlela yobuciko yakudala" ngokugwema imishini emiklamweni yakhe yomkhiqizo weSimanjemanje.