Jan Toth-Chernin is the head of media and technology at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and author of E-Textiles, part of the Cherry Lake Publishing Makers as Innovators series (full disclosure: I was the series editor as well … Read more >
Ada Lovelace Day, observed this year on October 15th, is an annual celebration of women in the STEM fields. The day is named for Ada Lovelace, a female scientist who is considered the world’s first computer programmer.
In honor … Read more >
Let’s talk about math, shall we? Specifically, here’s a question for you: If I draw a straight line, and then draw a point next to that line, how many lines can you draw through that point that will be parallel … Read more >
Since our posting schedule cycles through four people, some months we are left with a fifth Monday to fill. Thus was born our Fifth Monday post series in which the MakerBridge bloggers write on the same topic. This week, we … Read more >
Recently, the news has been filled with ‘ROBOTS STEALING JOBS’ and ‘YOUR JOB WILL BE GIVEN TO A ROBOT’, as well as ‘PREVENT ROBOTS FROM TAKING OVER HUMANITY’! (Agent Smith, anyone?)I even have plenty of proof for our worries:
Robots, … Read more >
Maker culture can be a broad concept: not only can it expand to cover activities such as 3D printing, programming, knitting, papercraft, rocketry, and more, but the outcomes of makers’ creations can also be vastly different. Some makers create in … Read more >
Happy New School Year, Everybody! Last month, Rachel Goldberg shared her perspective on the Michigan Makers project, a pop-up middle school makerspace featuring University of Michigan School of Information students as mentors and middle school students as makers. … Read more >
This week, I’ve been reading The Makerspace Playbook: School Edition. It’s full of great information and ideas for anyone looking to start a makerspace, and I fully recommend it. One of the best parts (besides the fact that it’s … Read more >
I currently reside in Houston, Texas, so I was really excited to hear about the Houston Makerspace crowdfunding project that opened up on Indiegogo. The campaign aims to raise $150,000 in order to secure a rental space and begin furnishing … Read more >
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A few weeks ago, the Makerbridge Twitter feed got a query about how to start a low-cost … Read more >