How Makers Are Desktop-Fabricating a Revolution of Things [DIY]

When I was in high school in the late 1970's, we had workshop class as part of the "Industrial Arts" curriculum. It wasn't quite clear why this was a required credit—we lived in suburb of Washington, D.C., and there were no factories around and most of my friends' parents were lawyers and government workers. But learning how to use workshop tools—band saws, table saws, drill presses, and the like—was just part of a mid-twentieth-century American education. The bad kids made ninja throwing stars; the worst made bongs. I made a crude magazine stand that my parents tolerated until I left home; I was lucky to have kept all my fingers through the process. Meanwhile, girls were steered to "Home Economics" to learn about sewing, cooking, and painting, which was, in a sense, another form of required crafting and DIY education. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/z6nQcPdy42Q/how-makers-are-desktop-fabricating-a-digital-revolution-of-things

Melky Cabrera Mayim Bialik Rich Kids of Instagram felix hernandez Ron Palillo julia child Texas A&m