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Maker Spotlight: Susan of Mellowpine DIY

Name: Susan Where are you located?  We run our office from Seattle What is your day job? I’m a speech pathologist during weekdays. Instagram | Pinterest | Youtube | Website What kinds of stuff do you make? We do DIY Woodworking projects. We focus on easy to do, beginner friendly, furniture projects. We think about […]

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Maker (Faire Producer) Spotlight: Mario Cruz, Tom Pupo & Daisy Pupo

Pulling off a three-day Virtual Maker Faire in the midst of a pandemic is a feat; keeping the making going all year long takes vision and dedication. The team at Miami’s Moonlighter FabLab—co-founders Tom & Daisy Pupo and “Mario The Maker” Cruz—have done all that (and more) and are keeping busy as 2021 unfolds. In […]

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Cool Crowdfunding: Scrappy Circuits, Smart Diode Lasers, and LED Cubes

the latest cool crowdfunding campaigns

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Maker Spotlight: Meet Amelia Buns and Her Open Source 3D Printer Tool Changer

Based in Iran, Amelia is hard at work on a low-cost printhead tool changer for 3D printers, which allows for multi-material 3D prints among other potential functions. A maker of various smart and mechanical builds, her endeavors are impressive, and her creativity and enthusiasm seems boundless. We reached out to find out more about her. […]

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Mosaic Announces A Ton Of New Items Including Automation, Industrial Printers, and Multicolor 3D Printing Upgrades

Mosaic's new offerings span from the home printer all the way to institutions and manufacturing

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Project Update from Make: Learning Labs

“Innovation is not only about finding a way to use pre-existing theory or solutions into a new problem, it’s also multidisciplinary, has to be practical and it’s not something that people just do on their own” Brian, US  “Before, I thought projects are just for school or work. Now I have a list of projects […]

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Make:cast – Making New Music With Helen Leigh

In this conversation with Helen Leigh, we talk about technology from reel-to-reel tape recorders to synthesizers and to making electronic music with Makey-Makey and the Bela board. Helen is an advocate for people learning how to make their own instruments, to experiment with music and be makers of your own kind of music.

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Skill Builder: Write Your Code Like NASA Does

Here are a few tips to get that code whipped into shape!

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Makers Unite Desk

We've delivered 274 desks and stools so far, and hope to get 1,000 out the door by the end of the semester.

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Maker Spotlight: Leif Maginnis

It’s always a pleasure when a maker that we’ve met at Maker Faire turns up in an unexpected place. That’s just what happened this week when Maker Faire Bay Area maker Leif Maginnis was put to the test on the History Channel show Assembly Required. Last we saw his work, he was busy in the […]

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