This year at JP Open Studios, Boston Makers worked with the Hyde Square Task Force to create over 500 origami lanterns illuminated by “throwies” simple LED circuits created with LEDs and 3 volt batteries. The lanterns were handmade during community workshops […]
Boston Makers and Hyde Square Task Force experimented this week with MaKey MaKey an open source micro controller that turns everyday objects into touch pads! Check out the photos below. MaKey MaKey is an invention kit created by Jay Silver […]
Great workshop this week with the Hyde Square Task Force! Participants learned how to fold origami cubes, and about how to make a circuits that make LED lights work. When combined learn more about this… http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/paper-circuitry-at-home-electric-origami/ This little LED-lit cube […]
See what we created at the Summer Electric Hat Workshop hosted by Boston Makers and the Hyde Square Task Force on June 1st and June 8th! Using Lily Pad Arduino Check out our curriculum
“Come on down and network in a whole new way. “Geek Out” with a drink and see what other pioneering people and companies are doing with technology that will change the world. Whether you attend by yourself or bring your […]
MassDevelopment has commissioned and released a report titled “Innovation in Manufacturing: Makerspaces,” a first-ever inventory of makerspaces in the Commonwealth that defines what they are and what can be done to help them grow. The report, posted here, defines makerspaces […]
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Boston Makers held their first pop-up maker event during JP First Thursdays this May, where they gathered community organizations such as Stonybook Fine Arts, JP Knit and Stitch, and the Eliot School, alongside a number of local makers to hold […]
The Maker Effect Foundation is conducting a research study to understand the personality characteristics, motivations, and behavioral skills used by makers when working alone and in teams. We hope to answer questions such as: “What are the common behavioral and […]
As part of our outreach to the larger community of Boston, we’ve changed our name to Boston Makers! That’s pretty much it!
Results are in! To better understand the local maker community’s interests and needs, Boston Makers conducted an open survey and held a series of public meetings in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park over the course of four […]
What is a makerspace? Makerspaces are a community-operated workspace where people with common interests can rent spaces and create or be “makers” together. This includes people working in 3D printing, art, bicycle building and repair, CNC router, computer-aided design, electronics, […]
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We believe it is important to connect the maker community. There are a number of Maker Resources popping up around the web, geared towards helping makers find each other and the things they need to get their projects done. Below […]
How art, technology and design inform creative leader John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture […]
For those of you who are interested in a local makerspace we now have a more comprehensive online survey that should only take a few minutes to do. The purpose is to help us understand what the community wants out […]
The Jamaica Plain Patch helps spread the word of our very first meeting in Jamaica Plain!