Arts May 05 Social isolation and stay-at-home orders drive some to learn new skills By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour
Science Jan 07 How communism turned Cuba into an island of hackers and DIY engineers Just outside Havana, in the childhood bedroom of illustrator Edel Rodriguez, a washing machine engine welded to a boat propeller has become a makeshift fan. This kind of cobbled-together contraption is common in Cuba. So are stoves that run on… By Jenny Marder
Science Jun 29 Watch Can DIY Movement Fix a Crisis in U.S. Science Education? Miles O'Brien reports from a gathering in California on a growing movement that embraces the art of making cool things and a quirky do-it-yourself spirit. Supporters see "making" as one way to overcome a crisis in American science and math…
Arts May 26 Lots to See, But More Importantly Do, at Maker Faire More than 80,000 people descended on San Mateo in California's Silicon Valley this weekend for the fifth annual Maker Faire, the world's largest DIY -- or Do-It-Yourself -- festival.
Arts May 26 Maker Faire 2010 Images from the 2010 Maker Faire in San Mateo, where artists, innovators and DYI-ers commune to show off their latest inventions and art works. Audio credit: KQED…