Sunday 30 September 2018

Weekend Watch: Phun Kiss

A maker couple who collaborate on projects and document their efforts on YouTube.

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Friday 28 September 2018

Tips of the Week: Analog Cutting of Digital Files, Cleaning Aged Plastic, Friction Welding, and Cough Drops

Another week of great tips, tricks, and useful kludges.

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Crushing Cars Like Empty Cans With The Massive “Hand Of Man”

see Katelyn lift a car in the air like a maniac

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From Oakland to Ottawa: The Serpent Twins Bring Their Magic to Canada

The 50-foot Serpents have made the pilgrimage to the Canadian capital for the 7th annual Maker Faire Ottawa this weekend.

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Thursday 27 September 2018

Maker Faire Eindhoven 2018 is Crazier Than Ever

In its second year as a full scale Featured Faire, this year’s event showcases the work of 250 makers (and counting!)

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Wednesday 26 September 2018

My NYC Maker Week: Hanging with Adafruit and Limor Fried

At the end of my first day of visits in NYC, I made my way to an evening meeting with Limor Fried and Phil Torrone at Adafruit. The entire Adafruit team is incredibly busy, having become one of the top manufacturing entities in New York City over the course of […]

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My NYC Maker Week: Visiting littleBits and Ayah Bdeir

For Maker Faire New York this year, I finally made good on a promise to myself to visit my maker pals in the region. To do so I flew in a couple days early and hit the ground running. First up: littleBits and founder Ayah Bdeir. The snap-together electronic components […]

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What Happened to the Drones From Zano, the $3 Million Dollar Failed Kickstarter?

Many of you probably remember the Zano drone, a kickstarter that raised over 3 million dollars, then collapsed, failing to deliver functional drones to backers. I’m not going to get into why it failed, but rather what happened to all those tiny drone bodies, circuit boards, and motors that were […]

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Saturday 22 September 2018

New ideas for Circulation-Library of Things/ Makerspace Kits

The DFL currently experiments with hobby, STEAM, and Technology kits that are housed both in the adult section and the kids room. These kits include musical instruments, video equipment, puzzles, cake plans, robots, looms, and more available for checkout.  The kits are bought using our Amazon prime account, under the supervision of the head of circulation using a special makerspace kit budget and backed up by a kit committee made up of various departments to streamline the process. 

The kits with the most holds by far have been the Retro Nintendo and Super Nintendo Classic which were small batch pre-Christmas releases for the last two years.  Rather than blowing the dirt out of your old cartridges, these consoles have games built in for your playing pleasure. According to Walmart, the Nintendo "classics" are on sale as of today.  Our kit contains a small palm sized console, 2 controllers (try to upgrade wireless ones if you can), an ac adapter, and, I recommend, a carrying case.  Poor circulation department doesn't have to count 100 knitting needles on this one. 



We also purchased Encrhoma Color Blind Corrective Glasses.  We are hoping with the large price tag ($300+), patrons would be more likely to try before they buy. The glasses don't work for everyone.  We got red/green colorblind corrective since my boyfriend became the test subject for them. Unfortunately they didn't work for him! Good thing I didn't buy them as a birthday present.  Only 5 checkouts since June but we do keep them behind the desk rather than out on the floor due to the cost.  They need to be worn for at least a week to experience the changes so be sure to consider that when determining how long the kits can be circulated to a specific patron. 




I just saw Berkshire Athenaeum bought Snapchat Spectacles which aren't cheap either with a $200 price tag. These look like regular sunglasses but they have built in cameras to record video and sync to your phone.  We're hoping to get those sometime in the future.  The charger is built into the Spectacle 2 case which is genius!  We have trouble with our Gopro, which is also popular, but comes back missing pieces all the time.  Hopefully these will be a better solution. 



In the kids room our Code-a-pillar is our latest addition as well as a boy doll for our "American Girl Doll" collection (we get them the dolls from Target's "Generation" collection). Despite bad reviews of the code-a-pillar breaking quickly, it has been working fine for us so far. 

Some things to think about when purchasing kits:
1. Packaging?  Most of ours live in Tupperware bins of various sizes.
2. Number of items?  Check with circulation and make sure there's a handy labeled picture to help guide them not just an item list.  What does the ac adapter look like?
3. Does it have batteries or other things that will need to be replaced (consumables)?
4. Who is going to re-order consumables and what budget will it come from? For example, who is going to restring the ukulele every year? or when a string breaks?
5. Best place to store them? They must be easily seen by the patron and at the same time you might want employee supervision as well.  Right now they live near circulation between our DVD collection and new adult books and audio. It's a very high traffic area.We're also thinking of putting call-out advertisements in with the adult nonfiction to led patrons to the kits.  
6.  What to call the collection? Kits? Unusual Objects? Library of Things? We are thinking of doing a patron google survey to determine this. Right now it is called Unusual Objects but are knitting needles really unusual?

Share with us the most unusual thing you have in your collection! 



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Live: World Maker Faire New York 2018

Check here all weekend for pictures, video, and more

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Friday 21 September 2018

The Humble, Inspiring Magic of Maker Faire

Last night, I was at the hotel lobby bar trying to wash down the five hour drive to Flushing for this year’s World Maker Faire. Spinning around on my stool I caught sight of a couple of guys doing weird things with rolls of masking tape. They would hold the […]

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Maker Faire Shenzhen 2018 Is Now Calling for Makers

In 2018, we’ll have an emphasis on maker’s capabilities and how their expertise matches with social and industrial needs.

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Thursday 20 September 2018

Young Leaders Need the Maker Movement

the opportunities for young people to make real-world impact are far too scarce.

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Wednesday 19 September 2018

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Making a Lantern Prop in EVA Foam in Four Hours

Bill of Punished Props bangs out a programmable LED prop lantern the day before DragonCon.

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5 Craziest Projects at the Nepal, Kathmandu Mini Maker Faire

The first Kathmandu Mini Maker Faire took place in 2016 after the 2015 earthquake and had a clear humanitarian focus to solve some of the greatest challenges faced by communities there.

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Grow Your Makerspace: Preparing For Disaster

Since this is now Hurricane season, and NC, SC, Va got pelted with over trillion gallons of water in 3 days and floodwaters exceeded historic levels, what would you do if your area got hit by tornadoes, fires, hurricanes, and earthquakes?  Do you have plans? Here are some ways your […]

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The Best of Digi-Fab: New eBook Collection

We’re proud to announce that a collection of our best 3D and CNC printing books is now available with StackSocial.

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Friday 14 September 2018

Tips of the Week: Shop Fun with Magnets, Hot-Knifing Plastic, Creating a Samples Library

Another week of making, another opportunity to learn new tricks of the trade.

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Gordon McComb, Father of Hobby Robotics, Has Passed Away

A well-known, pioneering maker, roboticist, and educator has died.

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The Many Wheeled Wonders of Maker Faire Hannover

Check out the fleet of awesome projects on wheels at Maker Faire Hannover this weekend!

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This Meter Long Steampunk Angler Fish Is Comprised Mainly of Scrap

It may just wriggle right off the table and into our hearts

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Thursday 13 September 2018

Make Your Own High-Quality Video Studio Lights

Save some money and make some high-quality, color-controllable LED lights for your video recording studio.

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Maker Spotlight: James Dale Catron

meet James Catron

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Tuesday 11 September 2018

The Joys of Restoring a Grody Old Talking Scale

Fran Blanche explores and restores an 80s talking bathroom scale which has seen better days.

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Grow Your Makerspace: 6 Tips For Building Positive Maker Culture

keep these things in mind to grow your community

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Watch the Braille Skateboarding Crew Test Autodesk’s $1300 Generative-Design Titanium Skate Trucks

In this collaboration between the popular Braille Skateboarding YouTube channel and Autodesk, Aaron Kyro and gang meet up with industrial designer Paul Sohi to test out a set of generatively designed, laser-sintered titanium skateboard trucks. The crew is wowed by the trucks’ diminished weight — said to be 45% lighter […]

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Monday 10 September 2018

Saturday 8 September 2018

Weekend Watch: John Park

Well-known maker uses his YouTube channel like a video idea sketch pad.

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Friday 7 September 2018

Tips of the Week: Working with Styrene, Overcoming Maker’s Block, and YouTube to the Rescue

Another week of top tips from the world of making and breaking things.

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Maker Faire New York, Where Digital Fabrication Can’t Be Missed

World Maker Faire New York is the place to go to see not only your favorite companies in the Digital Fabrication game but also the weird and wonderful projects that push the genre to the next level.

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Dog Bowl Coffee Roaster

Built-in bowl spinner, bean stirrer, and heat gun achieve a perfectly even roast, automatically

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Cosplay Shines At DragonCon

There are group shoots for nearly every major TV show, movie, and game. Many of the creations incorporate 3D printing, LEDs, casting and molding, and other maker techniques to bring their vision to life.

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Thursday 6 September 2018

Get Hands-On At World Maker Faire New York

Come to Maker Faire and you'll get to experience things that no other event on the planet provides!

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