This coming weekend, the MakerBus team will be on location at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, advocating on behalf of 4Humanities and the Humanities Matter Tour. Earlier this year we were part of a Kickstarter campaign that would have seen us traveling across the US...

One of our favourite technologies to use on the bus is called a MaKey MaKey. A MaKey MaKey is a small circuit board that turns physical objects (like a banana) into buttons for your computer. It works by creating electrical circuits. In this picture a MaKey MaKey is being...

Did you know that pinecones open and close based upon the humidity (how much water is in the air)? In low humidity pinecones open and in high humidity they close. This can be used to create homemade weather stations that can help you track changes in the weather. You’ll...

Jamie Smith is high-school student at Oak Ridge Secondary School and a student of Laura Briscoe. Her MAKE London design is called “The Evolution of the Communicative Textiles.” Using media like linoleum, Cds, and floppy disks, Jamie has created a work that shows the evolution of communication – from the...

The MAKE London Wearable Technology and Made Clothing Fashion Show is a chance for Londoners to come together to celebrate the creativity and originality of our community. The MakerBus team is also hoping to use this event to raise awareness for our project. We’re building Canada’s first mobile makerspace...