Making in America | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/making-america/RSS feed for Making in AmericaenThu, 29 Oct 2015 18:54:22 +0000How Seattle is Using a "Frankenbike" to Improve its Bike Trailshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-seattle-using-frankenbike-improve-its-bike-trails-180957088/Tinkerer Colin Dietrich built it, and now the city's department of transportation has come to use the tricked-out bike to assess its bike pathsThu, 29 Oct 2015 18:54:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-seattle-using-frankenbike-improve-its-bike-trails-180957088/Doctors Can Study 3D Printed Models of Your Organs Before Surgeryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/doctors-can-study-3d-printed-models-your-organs-surgery-180955622/In a new era of personalized medicine, advanced models are better preparing surgeons for what they will encounter in the operating roomWed, 17 Jun 2015 19:27:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/doctors-can-study-3d-printed-models-your-organs-surgery-180955622/How a Cheap Plastic Rat Could Change Biology Classhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-cheap-plastic-rat-could-change-biology-class-180955596/With a couple of 3D printers, a husband and wife team is building accurate replicas of rats that could one day eliminate the need for dissection specimensMon, 15 Jun 2015 14:08:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-cheap-plastic-rat-could-change-biology-class-180955596/What Is a Maker Faire, Exactly?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/what-maker-faire-exactly-180955574/Billed as the world’s greatest show and tell, the DIY extravaganza might just make a maker out of youFri, 12 Jun 2015 12:36:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/what-maker-faire-exactly-180955574/