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Learn The Best Ways To Use Make: Projects To Engage Students, Live With Dale Dougherty

In this Construct 3D Summer Symposium webinar, Using Make: Projects to engage students and document their project process, join Dale Dougherty of Make Community and Frank and Lauren Baldesarra of Engineering.com and Make:Projects. They will share the inspiration behind the Make:Projects platform and provide a brief demonstration of the platform, […]

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Convert Any Bike To Electric With An Easy Front Wheel Motor Kit

Electric bicycles have been quietly taking the streets by storm in many parts of the world. Why? Because they’re a fantastically fun and efficient way to move around. You get all the joys and freedom of riding a bike (avoiding traffic congestion and parking, for instance) while smashing through physical […]

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Fix Our Planet, Part 3: New Power Nation

How we'll remake America's national infrastructure to electrify everything

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Fix The Planet Part 3: New Power Nation

How we'll remake America's national infrastructure to electrify everything

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PLAN C LIVE: Informal Education in a Pandemic

Science centers, children’s museums, Boys and Girls Clubs, community centers, even libraries, have been shut down because of COVID-19. The many programs that serve youth afterschool or during the summer have been unavailable while some have shifted to virtual programs.  These organizations, known as informal education, offer learning experiences outside […]

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How Grant Imahara Made Me a Better Maker

I first met Grant in early 2010 at a Discovery Channel event, and over the years we maintained a friendship, and I maintained a deep awe of his talents as a builder and as person.

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Skill Builder: Learn The Types Of Gears

Learn the options for transmitting movement in your mechanical projects

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Fix The Planet Part 2: Decarbonization Begins At Home

Erase half your carbon footprint - just by electrifying your roof, your heat, and your wheels

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Fix Our Planet: Electrify Everything!

The children are right: This is our last chance for a livable planet. We need an epic effort to elctrify vehicles and entire homes. Makers can make it happen.

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The Winganon Space Capsule: Oklahoma, We Have A Problem

When Heather and Barry Thomas decided to commemorate their fifth wedding anniversary in 2011, they set out to do something a little out of the ordinary.

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