Mark Frauenfelder, co-founder of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, will present a short and colorful history of making things, and then launch into the amazing new tools, technologies, and social changes that are driving an all-ages maker movement. He'll conclude with a gallery of fun and fascinating homemade inventions.

Frauenfelder is a blogger, illustrator, and journalist. He is editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine as well as co-editor of Boing Boing.

Free and open to the public. This event, sponsored by the University of Michigan Library, is made possible through the generous support of the Carl D. Winberg, M.D. Fund.