Why Girls Rule » Maker http://whygirlsrule.com Here we share just a few examples of Why Girls Rule! Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:34:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Limor Fried – Ladyada http://whygirlsrule.com/2011/09/15/limor-fried-ladyada/ http://whygirlsrule.com/2011/09/15/limor-fried-ladyada/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:34:49 +0000 http://whygirlsrule.com/?p=238

Limor Fried is Ladyada of Adafruit Industries.

Limor is a force in the Maker community, she started Adafruit a few years ago and it has grown tremendously. She gets all sorts of press because she is smart, entrepreneurial, and she is blazing new ground for girls everywhere.

She is the driving force behind the Open Kinect project, has been on the cover of Wired Magazine, and has also been called The Most Influential Woman In Technology 2011 from FastCompany

Wikipedia
Ladyada.netWired article from 03/11
Wired article from 08/11
Adafruit Industries

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You have to checkout Super Awesome Silvia’s Mini Maker Show, she makes all sorts of cool stuff like model rockets, sidewalk chalk, Arduino electronics, LED toys, and much more.

Super Sylvia IS SUPER AWESOME!

Visit Super Awesome Silvia’s Channel on YouTube and check out the different episodes on the right side. She also has a page here , where there’s even more stuff.

Episode 1 – Drawdio
Episode 4 – Molding & Casting for Toy Duplication
Episode 7 – Build the MiniPOV

If you don’t know what a Maker is, visit Make Online and school thy self. If you dig it, you should subscribe to Make Magazine and start Making some stuff!

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