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It’s almost the National Week of Making, so it seems like a good time to finally post a recap of the Chicago Northside Maker Faire. The Southside Faire is coming on up August 6, so save the date! By the way they’re currently looking for Makers to join...

We’ve talked at length with CEL Technologies about the power of 3D printing in education. The company’s flagship Robox 3D printer is already being offered to 5,000 schools across the UK, it’s been paired with the BBC micro:bit to kick-start children...

Design is in the midst of continual change, so it’s increasingly rare to hear from those who have gone the distance in digital design. We were lucky to have Jeff Veen in the office recently, whose career has spanned everything related to design – from...

One of the more interesting parts of American history is that so much of what we take for granted started with someone saying, “Wouldn’t it be neat if…?” Then that person either invents something that can do the task they were thinking of, or sparks...

CHINATOWN, THE MOVIE, made abundantly clear that the history of Los Angeles hinged on the history of water — the lack of it and the getting of it. Or, as LA’s legendary water superintendent William Mulholland once (dryly) observed about channeling water...