Vanilla Ice, Remodeled
"The Vanilla Ice Project" recently kicked off its second season on the DIY Network. Today, we get a lesson in home improvement from the rapper behind the '90s hit "Ice Ice Baby" -- Vanilla Ice, aka Rob...
View ArticleFive Questions for Ben Sollee: DIY Edition
Cellist and singer-songwriter Ben Sollee exudes a can-do attitude. Not only does he tour the country by bicycle (yes, instrument in tow), he also figured out his own unique way of playing the cello and...
View ArticleMister Jalopy
As we all attempt to adopt the thrifty lifestyle, one man is way ahead of the curve. Mr. Jalopy transforms garage sale junk into extraordinary machines. He's a hero to the Maker's Movement -- a...
View ArticleIs Money a Taboo Topic?
We're running a 10-week series we're calling the Do-It-Yourself Bailout. This week we're looking at why it's so hard to talk about money issues. What about your personal finances do you find it hardest...
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Setting Priorities for Your DIY Bailout
In the aftershocks of the financial crisis and with billions of dollars flying in stimulus, TARP, and other tools, have you been left wondering where your bailout is? Takeaway contributor, Beth...
View ArticleMaker Faire Comes to NYC
This weekend, the New York Hall of Science in Queens will host the Maker Faire. Margaret Honey, NYSCI's president and CEO, and Dale Dougherty, founder of Maker Faire and Make magazine, talk about the...
View ArticleLive on Soundcheck: The Hundred In The Hands
You might be surprised to find that the band behind this rich sound, The Hundred In The Hands, is just a duo with a truck-load of equipment. The group gets its name from a battle between the Lakota...
View ArticleRadio Rookies Joins Hive Learning Network NYC at World Maker Faire NYC 2011
DIY (Do It Yourself) galore at World Maker Faire NYC 2011September 17th & 18th Radio Rookies participates in the Hive Learning Network's Young Makers tent in the 2nd Annual World Maker Faire NYC...
View ArticleSTEM Learning
Margaret Honey, president and CEO of the New York Hall of Science, discusses how to get your child exposed to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) both in and outside of school.
View ArticleThe Maker Movement: The Next Industrial Revolution?
Reporter Stan Alcorn caught up with the editor-in-chief of Wired, Chris Anderson, to discuss the DIY movement of tech-savvy tinkerers known as "makers." In his new book, Makers, Anderson argues that...
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Radio Rookies DIY: Educators Guide to Teaching Interviewing Skills
Rookies DIY: How to do vox popThe first in a series of videos we’re creating in partnership with the Hive NYC Learning Network, teaches people to produce their own stories using digital media. This...
View ArticleSwarmageddon: Join Our DIY Cicada-Tracking Events!
Bursting broods of bugs and ... beer?Believe it!The 17-year cicadas are coming, and Radiolab is inviting armchair scientists, lovers of nature and DIY makers to help predict the emergence of cicadas by...
View ArticleDIY Medicine
As healthcare costs rise, doctors and hospitals are saying "no" to high-tech tests more frequently. We'll speak with Dr. Sven Schwatzbaum about how some patients in Europe are getting around the...
View ArticleDaring, Dangerous DIY: Pants With Benefits?
They are pants. Or maybe we should call them Pants with Benefits. Some of you — especially parents of young teens — will find them totally inappropriate. The folks at Instructables.com find them...
View ArticleGrossology, Tolerant Taxis + Smart Bikes
Experiments in the life sciences, taxi technology and bike sharing are helping regular people do DIY scientific research and transform the way they get around. This week on New Tech City, reporter...
View ArticleGenspace Brings DIY Biolab to Brooklyn
At the Genspace community biolab in Downtown Brooklyn, citizen scientists are coming together to explore the basics of biology — and maybe discover something that will transform our lives. The students...
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Drone It To Me, Baby
Spies used them first, then the Air Force, then cops, then mischievous civilians; drones, for some reason, are what gawkers use to gawk. They're spy accessories. But not only spy accessories. Thanks to...
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DIY TOOLKIT: How to report your own story
Radio Rookies DIY: How to report your own storyThis animated short is part of a toolkit of DIY videos we’re creating in partnership with the Hive NYC Learning Network to teach people to produce their...
View ArticleFreelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?
More and more micro-entrepreneurs are using online services like Etsy, Kickstarter, Uber and Lyft to create their own jobs. Welcome to the new DIY economy.This week, New Tech City introduces you to the...
View ArticleIntroducing the DIY Radio Rookies Toolkit and Comic Book!
If you ever wondered how Radio Rookies stories are produced or want to teach young people the art of audio production, check out our DIY Radio Rookies Toolkit. The materials are embedded within the...
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