The second Maker Camp, a virtual summer camp for young do-it-yourselfers, starts July 8. The camp is conducted online over Google+ Hangouts, although some libraries are hosting in-person versions. Here, lab supervisor Sam Freeman demonstrates a 3-D printer for some future campers. The Maker Media lab is filled with tools used for creating and testing new projects.
Not your usual arts and crafts —
The second Maker Camp, a virtual summer camp for young do-it-yourselfers, starts July 8. The camp is conducted online over Google+ Hangouts, although some libraries are hosting in-person versions. Here, lab supervisor Sam Freeman demonstrates a 3-D printer for some future campers. The Maker Media lab is filled with tools used for creating and testing new projects.
At the Maker Media headquarters in Sebastapol, California, staffers and interns test out a hexacopter on the lawn.
A hexacopter test flight —
At the Maker Media headquarters in Sebastapol, California, staffers and interns test out a hexacopter on the lawn.
The lab also has some heavy-duty machinery, such as CNC manufacturing devices, used for elaborate, "don't try this at home" projects.
Makers' machinery —
The lab also has some heavy-duty machinery, such as CNC manufacturing devices, used for elaborate, "don't try this at home" projects.
Brian Melani, an engineering intern at Maker Media, demonstrates a mini-Tesla coil, or electrical circuit. The test project could end up as a project in a future issue of Make magazine.
Testing a Tesla coil —
Brian Melani, an engineering intern at Maker Media, demonstrates a mini-Tesla coil, or electrical circuit. The test project could end up as a project in a future issue of Make magazine.
Many of this summer's Maker Camp broadcasts will take place in this prefabricated studio the staff built near the Maker Media organic garden.
Maker Camp's studio —
Many of this summer's Maker Camp broadcasts will take place in this prefabricated studio the staff built near the Maker Media organic garden.
A Maker Media staffer shows off a potato air cannon to a group of kids. For safety reasons, they shoot ping-pong balls out of the cannon instead of potatoes.
Potato cannon, anyone? —
A Maker Media staffer shows off a potato air cannon to a group of kids. For safety reasons, they shoot ping-pong balls out of the cannon instead of potatoes.
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