Maker Movement

Why Amateurs Reach The Top In America

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Inventors, Maker Movement, Diy, Baby Boomers, American Dream, Amateurism, Jack Hitt, Steve Jobs, Bunch of Amateurs, Slidepollajax, Jobs post50, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

In Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character, author Jack Hitt contends that the Golden Age of American amateurism is far from over. On the contrary, the amateur's dream is the American dream.

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Make A Controller Out Of Almost Anything!

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Video, Banana Piano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maker Movement, Weird Inventions, Massachusetts, Makey Makey, Play-Doh Controller, MIT Media Lab, Mit, Technology News

A pair of graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab have launched MaKey MaKey, a Kickstarter project with a noble goal ...

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Tinker and Change the World

Larry Bock | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Science, STEM Education, DIY Projects, Engineering, Hands-on Education, Tinkering, USA Science & Engineering Festival, Hands-on Learning, Maker Movement, Teaching With Technology, DIY Movement, Impact News
Larry Bock

Tinkering -- that hands-on, garage-based tradition -- is making a comeback among average Americans, promising to change our lives for the better on several fronts.

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The Inaugural Women Entrepreneurs Festival: Building a Better Movement

Jenni Avins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jenni Avins, Women's Movement 2.0, Maker Movement, Gilt Groupe, Joanne Wilson, Make Magazine, Women Entrepreneurs Festival, Women's Movement, Entrepreneurship, Jen Bekman, Closettour, Dale Dougherty, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Business News
Jenni Avins

The Women Entrepreneurs Festival was more about building community -- the kind of community that seamlessly melds technology with art. It's the Women's Movement, 2.0.

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Trash Art: California's Artistic Recycling Revolution

Trazzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Writing Contests, Visionary Artists, Recycled Art, Maker Movement, La Getaways, California Art, Travel Writing, DIY Art, La Around Town, Recycling in California, Visionary Art, Repurposed, Los Angeles News

Maybe it's the mild weather and thriving back-yard culture--California is a hotspot for artistic recyclers. Creative reuse of scavenged materials is n...

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