Tool Rack ~ Lessons from Mythb's Savage...

Popular Mechanics spotlights Adam Savage's rolling tool rack...

Thinking About Making ~ Leah Buechley @ Eyeo

Leah Buechley shares her Thinking About Making at Eyeo 2014...

Making Machines that Make ~ Peek @ Solid 2014

MIT CBA's Nadya Peek on Making Machines that Make at Solid...

GEMSI ~ Hackerspaces & Ventures in MENA...

Just had nice chat with Bilal Ghalib one of the instigators of GEMSI -- the Global Entrepreneurship & Maker Space Initiative...

"We help hacker spaces take root in the Middle East and beyond. Together, we can create inclusive spaces to solve problems, start businesses, and strengthen our communities."

Build ~ Craft Lego Models in Google Chrome...

Check out Build with Chrome...

"...the largest Lego set the world has ever seen. Developed with the latest web technology in Chrome, Build is a place for everyone to imagine, create and explore building with Lego bricks online. Choose to build on any plot in the world across your laptop, phone, or tablet. Once you’ve created something, publish it on the map, and share it with your friends."

Thanks to Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch for sharing and MIT's Praveen Subramani for spotting!

Behind Gravity ~ Making Cuarón's Space Thriller

io9's Meredith Woerner spots A Gorgeous Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Alfonso Cuarón Made Gravity!

Bare Conductive ~ CNN Spots Electric Bodypaint!

CNN Blueprint's Arion McNicoll and Stefanie Blendis spotlight new materials+design venture Bare Conductive in their piece Liquid lights and musical posters: Welcome to the world of electric paint...

"Imagine if you could paint a working light switch directly onto your wall, without any need for sockets, cables or wiring. A group of students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has made that possible by creating electrically conductive paint. The paint acts as a form of liquid wiring. Unlike conventional wires, it can be applied to almost any surface, including paper, plastic, metal and even fabric. [...] Its inventors, RCA graduates Isabel Lizardi, Matt Johnson, Bibi Nelson and Becky Pilditch, call their creation "Bare Paint." While they don't claim to be the first group to have invented a conductive ink, they are pioneering new ways it can be used."

More How It's Made ~ UD on Everyday Artifacts!

Thanks to UniqueDaily for spotting a whole series of the fantastic How It's Made videos, including a whole bunch on everyday artifacts, starting with Zippers... Carpets... Ballpoint Pens... Mirrors...

Flying Paper ~ Resilient Creative Kids Make Kites!

Check out latest trailer from upcoming Flying Paper kids and kites documentary by MIT Media Lab alum Nitin Sawhney and colleague Roger Hill premiering at the London Palestine Film Festival on May 7th, 2013...

"While the record-breaking event is what drives the film’s narrative arc, it is the everyday stories of the young kite makers that will touch audiences through their humor and playful spirit. The film seeks to humanize the conflict through a touching cinematic rendering of the fascinating kite culture among children as a form of creative resistance in Gaza."

Making of X ~ Backstory Behind Great SF Films!

Making of Predator... Making of Terminator 2... Making of Aliens...

ATOMS ~ Seamless Toys for Kids on Kickstarter!

Check out MIT Media Lab alumco Seamless Toys and their ATOMS project on Kickstarter!

"ATOMS are a system of plug-n-play sensors, motors and logic blocks for kids & adults to make things that do amazing things"

Squishy Circuits ~ Kids Electronics w/ Play Dough

Professor AnnMarie Thomas and students make Squishy Circuits...

"...to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough."

Check out her TED talk! (Plus see MakerEd)

Making Fifth Element ~ Imagining & Sharing SF!

Making The Fifth Element... And (for now) here's the film, in toto... See also more about The Visual Element!

Epic Arnie ~ Making of Top Schwarzenfilms !-)

And T2 too!

Chemistry Kits ~ BBC on State of DIY Science!

BBC's Alex Hudson asks Whatever happened to kids' chemistry sets?

"The early chemistry sets for children played on the idea of impressing school friends with a magic performance. By the 1920s and 30s children had access to substances which would raise eyebrows in today's more safety-conscious times. [...] In the 1950s, booklets offered lists of instructions like "how to make an explosive mixture". Now, even mildly explosive chemicals have been removed. [Today's] kits are not capable of the experiments of old. "What used to be in chemistry sets that are not in there anymore are actual chemicals," [...] "Given the right instruction booklet, the older set would allow the user to create all sorts of experiments -- blow things up, create smoke bombs, create stink bombs."

Making Ben Hur ~ Behind-Scenes of Epic Film!

Making of the 1959 Ben Hur! Plus here's the amazing chariot race... And, for good measure, the trailer... Finally, one of my favorite elements, rowing!