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February 20, 2020
Watch As This Rubik’s Cube Floats In Mid-Air While Solving Itself
Last year we were awed by the clever work of Takashi Kaburagi. He built a rubik’s cube that solves itself. The internals of this robot are cleverly designed so that it can twist and turn itself back to the solved position from the inside, leaving us with a fantastic show. […]
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February 18, 2020
This Clever Trick Embeds Holographic Patterns In Your 3D Prints
This clever trick popped up on Reddit recently and I’m very amused. Apparently you can use textured sheets on your 3d printer’s print bed to imprint that texture on the first layer of your print. Sounds obvious right? Well, what if that textured sheet is fine enough to give an […]
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February 17, 2020
See You At WorkbenchCon
Later this week I’ll be attending WorkbenchCon in Atlanta Georgia. I’m pretty excited for this event. It is a relatively intimate 2 day event packed full of DIY Gurus and craftspeople, sharing tips and tricks for growing audience, working with sponsors, building your online presence and much more. I went […]
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February 14, 2020
Justine Haupt’s Open-Source Rotary Cellphone Puts Retro Calling Back In Your Hand
This high-tech DIY rotary phone takes away the frustrations and distractions of touchscreen smartphones
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Introducing Make:Rewind, A Video Series From Our Vaults
While cleaning the deepest darkest corners of our office, we uncovered an ancient cobweb covered box, locked with rusty cast iron locks. After a lengthy experiment with lock picking, involving various experts and ne’er-do-wells, we cracked it open to discover a plethora of videos that were never published to our […]
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February 11, 2020
Building a Digital Readout For a Lathe From Scratch
Zach Hipps is hoping to get into wood turning on a lathe. Unfortunately, he got his lathe at the beginning of winter and his shop is cold, so his excitement is a bit muted for a while. He came up with an idea for a project to hold him […]
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February 10, 2020
Maker Spotlight: Dr. Shelly Rodriguez
Name: Dr. Shelly Rodriguez Where are you located? The University of Texas What is your day job? Associate Professor of Practice, UT Austin – College of Natural Sciences Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? University, K-12, and community-based makerspaces in Austin Work | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook What kinds of […]
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February 7, 2020
Maker Spotlight: Winston Moy
Name: Winston Moy Where are you located? Los Angeles, CA What is your day job? It’s complicated, but officially I’m the Director of Content for Carbide3D which is just a fancy way of saying I make CNC videos and run social media. Unofficially, I feel like the chief beta tester […]
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February 4, 2020
Open Source Hardware Certifications For January 2020
The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware. Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard. The certification site includes a full list of […]
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February 3, 2020
Connect Power Wheel Chairs Directly To Game Consoles With The Freedom Wing
We’ve talked about gaming and how important it is for people with special physical needs on multiple occasions here. If you haven’t seen it, just consider for a moment what a relief it could be to be able to hop into a video game and interact with the rest of […]
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