Passionate Projects: This Is What I Made

Passion for their work--whether in fashion, printing for the blind, water conservation, or Lego robotics--drives makers to render their individual visions in tangible forms that can benefit others. In "Slow Fashion," by Crystal Beasley, "Emmie's Lunchbox," by Emmeline Parsons, "Filmmaking's Transformation in the 21st Century," by Melissa Pierce, "Dismissrr: A Line-Manage Service for Schools," by Sam Baumgarten, "Helping Startup Communities around the World: World Startup Report," by Andrius Neviera, "Braigo: Building for Social Good," by Shubham Banerjee, "WÜF: A Wearable Device for Dogs," by Tyesha Snow, "Experiments in 3D-Printed Design and Distribution," by Carla Diana, "Reusing Gray Water: Becoming a Maker through Open Source Hardware," by Shruti Satsangi, and "Builtbot," by Nicholas Nakadate, 10 makers share what they're making. The first Web extra at http://youtu.be/8mQkO1DXtuw is an audio recording of guest editor Brian David Johnson interviewing Crystal Beasley about how the Maker Movement is changing the way fashion is made with QCut offering womens jeans in 400 sizes. The second Web extra at http://youtu.be/DefazBEQOXA is an audio recording of guest editor Brian David Johnson interviewing author Sam Baumgarten, a high school student from Palo Alto, Calif., who has founded multiple companies of his own, including Dismissrr, an iOS device- and cloud-based system that helps schools manage how students are dismissed for pickup after school, based on when their rides arrive. The third Web extra at http://youtu.be/YzTuglXVbMc is an audio recording of guest editor Brian David Johnson interviewing Tyesha Snow about WÜF, a wearable device for dogs. The fourth Web extra at http://youtu.be/GQ6ooHBb7fk is an audio recording of guest editor Brian David Johnson interviewing author Carla Diana about making, creativity, art, and her experiments in 3D-printed design and distribution. The fifth Web extra at http://youtu.be/Cwikv247mfs is an audio recording of guest editor Brian David Johnson interviewing author Nicholas Nakadate about harnessing kids' imagination and creativity to build robots and learn about engineering by using 3D printing.