The Fab Festival a public outreach of Fab11 (fab11.org) will be held on August 8th and 9th at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Crossing in Boston. We’re looking for proposals for hands-on-workshops for families and/or adults, project demonstrations, talks, […]
Last Sunday we got together for our first meeting in the current session of Young Makers Club with no fixed plan as to what to build. After welcoming some new members we set about figuring out what we were going to do. One […]
Our new bi-weekly Microcontroller Club starts on Monday, March 9th at 7:00 PM and no previous experience with microcontrollers needed. Teens and adults are welcome. We’ll meet bi-weekly to design, program, and build, an interactive project using a […]
This January, we had a few teen represent Boston Makers at Youth Lead the Change, — a groundbreaking participatory budgeting (PB) process launched by the City of Boston to engage Boston youth in directly deciding how to spend $1 million of the […]
Last weekend, Boston Makers set up a booth at the JP Crafts Fair, an annual show featuring handcrafted gifts, art, jewelry, clothing, pottery, folk art, and delicious food made by Jamaica Plain locals. Throughout the day we had the opportunity to […]
See photos from our Young Makers Club
On October 31st, we worked with the Hyde Square Task Force teens to build a fun Halloween interactive for young children to enjoy after the Main Streets Trick or Treat Parade. They made 24 plastic pumpkins light up and rock to the […]
There are a couple of seats still available in our “Make Your Halloween Costume Light Up” workshop happening on Saturday, Oct. 25th from 10:00 Am – 1:00 PM. This is a fun easy and fun introduction to electronics with no […]
This year at JP Open Studios, Boston Makers worked with the Hyde Square Task Force to create over 500 origami lanterns illuminated by “throwies” simple LED circuits created with LEDs and 3 volt batteries. The lanterns were handmade during community workshops […]
Boston Makers and Hyde Square Task Force experimented this week with MaKey MaKey an open source micro controller that turns everyday objects into touch pads! Check out the photos below. MaKey MaKey is an invention kit created by Jay Silver […]
Great workshop this week with the Hyde Square Task Force! Participants learned how to fold origami cubes, and about how to make a circuits that make LED lights work. When combined learn more about this… http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/paper-circuitry-at-home-electric-origami/ This little LED-lit cube […]
See what we created at the Summer Electric Hat Workshop hosted by Boston Makers and the Hyde Square Task Force on June 1st and June 8th! Using Lily Pad Arduino Check out our curriculum
MassDevelopment has commissioned and released a report titled “Innovation in Manufacturing: Makerspaces,” a first-ever inventory of makerspaces in the Commonwealth that defines what they are and what can be done to help them grow. The report, posted here, defines makerspaces […]
Boston Makers held their first pop-up maker event during JP First Thursdays this May, where they gathered community organizations such as Stonybook Fine Arts, JP Knit and Stitch, and the Eliot School, alongside a number of local makers to hold […]
As part of our outreach to the larger community of Boston, we’ve changed our name to Boston Makers! That’s pretty much it!
Results are in! To better understand the local maker community’s interests and needs, Boston Makers conducted an open survey and held a series of public meetings in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park over the course of four […]
What is a makerspace? Makerspaces are a community-operated workspace where people with common interests can rent spaces and create or be “makers” together. This includes people working in 3D printing, art, bicycle building and repair, CNC router, computer-aided design, electronics, […]