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How One Illinois District Keeps Its School Maker Faire Alive

What does a decade of dedicated makerspace programming in a public school district look like? Recently, we talked with Dain Elman, the Instructional Coach for STEM, makerspace teacher, and School Maker Faire coordinator at Gurnee District 56 Schools, about an hour north of Chicago near(ish) the Western shore of Lake Michigan. Gurnee District 56 is as unique as anywhere, but has many qualities that make it emblematic of other suburban school districts across the country. Its roughly 1800 students attend...

February 11, 2026Uncategorized, 0 Comments
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The MicroBox is a handheld game console that runs on an Arduino UNO R4

Arduino Team — February 10th, 2026 That shiny new Arduino UNO R4 board that you got has quite a bit of power under the hood, thanks to its Renesas RA4M1 Cortex-M4 microcontroller. It has more than enough power to run games and one great way to take advantage of that is by building Szymon Kubica’s MicroBox handheld console. The MicroBox design should be suitable for both the UNO R4 Minima and UNO...

February 10, 2026Uncategorized, , , , 0 Comments
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It’s Always the “Season of Making” in Hammond

School City of Hammond, a school district just south of Chicago on the Illinois border, launched its first Maker-Faire to come together and celebrate the skills of students and staff. The theme was to celebrate a season of making to welcome in the holiday and winter season and provide an opportunity for the community to purchase holiday themed student-made crafts. The event provided a unique platform for students to test their entrepreneurial spirits, allowing them to market their creations, manage...

February 10, 2026Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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Flying High: Using Drones to Inspire the Future Leaders of STEM

Have you ever seen a drone flying and wondered who designed it? How would you feel if that designer was a child? How would you feel if your drone flight inspired a young girl to love STEM? This is Elaine’s and her team’s goal. Elaine has been working as a research and development, QA Chemist with regulatory knowledge for 10 years. She fell into science education through informal STEM instruction, eventually making the transition into formal education. Elaine has...

February 10, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , , 0 Comments
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Make: Live – Inspiring Young Makers with Steph Piper

Thursday, February 12, 2026 @ 4 PM Pacific Time

Join Dale Dougherty and Steph Piper, author of the new Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition activity and guide book, to explore how “skill trees” transform learning into a game that motivates young makers along their STEAM path. Inspire discovery in budding makers!  “Skill trees” provide essential structure and guidance for ages 8–12, key developmental years in a young maker’s life. Creative technologist Steph Piper joins Dale Dougherty to explore her...

February 9, 2026Uncategorized0 Comments
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A weather station built specifically for model rocket launches

Arduino Team — February 9th, 2026 When NASA or SpaceX launches a rocket, it is important for them to monitor the real-time local weather conditions to adjust parameters or even delay until conditions are more favorable. Model rocket launches are just as affected by weather — more so, in fact, because they have so much less mass. That’s why Markus Bindhammer of the Marb’s lab YouTube channel built this portable weather station specifically for...

February 9, 2026Uncategorized, , , , 0 Comments
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Turn It Up! 3D-Printed Wood Lathe

Wood turning is a fun hobby that is simple and satisfying to pick up. Turning has been around for centuries and it’s no surprise why — the results are stunning, and even easy turning projects can give a professional feel to many a design. I’ve been surprised where I find myself using it. I like the personal feel of being able to turn small pieces of timber I’ve gathered myself into useful parts for various projects, from tool handles to...

February 9, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Episode #823 – 1956: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2

Air Week: February 9-15, 2026

1956: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2

This week, we journey back 70 years as the “Juke In The Back” puts the ol’ Rockola Jukebox front and center and we present part 2 of a 2 part feature on the biggest jukebox jivers from 1956. It was the first full year of Rock n’ Roll Music crossing over from its Rhythm & Blues roots into mainstream Pop Culture. This was the year that...

February 8, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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UNIS Releases Turbo Nova & Jump Master

UNIS is keeping busy with some new arcade releases, giving us a little bit of a possible preview at Amusement Expo. That said, there are times where they release something and it doesn’t make an expo appearance, as was the case with Ski Hero. Either way, let’s take a look at their new titles, Jump Master and Turbo Nova.

Jump Master

We’ll start with the videmption game first, Jump Master. We haven’t seen many pogo...

February 8, 2026Uncategorized0 Comments
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Review: Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a Solid First 3D Printer

Manufacturer: Elegoo Price: $413 Link: us.elegoo.com/products/centauri-carbon The first 3D printer I ever operated used stereolithography (SLA) to slowly form solid layers from goop, and was similar in cost (and size!) to a sports car. The first 3D printer I ever owned, I assembled myself from a pile of extruded aluminum, stepper motors, and hope, gaining invaluable experience about fused filament fabrication (FFF) printing during the process of getting it to work (at all!), and upgrading and tuning it over subsequent...

February 6, 2026Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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