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January 25, 2019
Maker Spotlight: Rachel Pizzolato
Name: Rachel Pizzolato A.K.A. Beauty & Brains With A Twist Home Town: New Orleans Louisiana Makerspace: Home. Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube I am currently a freshman at John Curtis High School in River Ridge Louisiana, and during the school year I participate in beauty […]
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January 24, 2019
Reimagine The Hourglass — With Falling Magnets Slowed By Eddy Currents
An hourglass is a beautiful object, but it has problems. If it runs a little too fast or slow, there’s no way to adjust it. Sometimes the sand inside clogs up when two particles try to enter the neck side by side, and you have to shake it to start […]
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January 23, 2019
Celebrate 150 Years Of The Periodic Table By Tying 200,000 Tiny Knots
A macrame masterpiece!
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January 22, 2019
Don’t Miss Our “Robots 101” Live Seminar This Thursday, Hosted By Saura Naderi
This week, Saura joins us again, this time as a host of our latest Live Learning session — Robots 101, What you need to know to build robots. This 2-3 hour seminar for Make: Members will help guide the new maker to an understanding of what qualifies as a robot (or robotic mechanism), how to use various robotics components, and give a hands-on experience for designing and building your own robot.
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Show ‘N’ Glow Toy Display
Upcycle a vintage plaything as a showpiece, comix rack, and reading lamp!
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January 21, 2019
Patent Pandas: How One Maker Is Turning Her Horrible Experience Into a Force for Good
What do you do when you find out that someone is trying to patent your idea and claim it as their own? It’s a question that no one should ever have to face. But as ideas spread faster than ever, through online communities, open-source research, or even crowdfunding […]
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January 18, 2019
Getting Started With Real-Time Clocks
A real-time clock (RTC) chip is basically just like a watch — it runs on a battery and keeps time for you even when there is a power outage. Using an RTC in your project, you can keep track of long timelines, even if you reprogram your microcontroller or disconnect it from USB or its power plug.
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January 17, 2019
This DIY Camping Shower Folds Down To Almost Nothing
When you’re out camping, a shower after a couple days can get to be a necessity, but being fully exposed to the wilderness while you scrub isn’t for everyone. Wesley Harville is back again with a fantastic build to accompany his off-road rugged camper. This time he’s added a nice […]
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January 16, 2019
Adafruit, Cartoon Network, and Microsoft Join Forces To Get Kids Into Making
A wonderful collaboration has begun that I think will usher in a whole new group of young makers. Adafruit, Cartoon Network, and Microsoft MakeCode are joining up to inspire people to make projects based on their favorite cartoons. There are a few really cool aspects all coming together at the […]
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January 15, 2019
Get Started with In-Circuit Debugging
Use a debugger to spy on your microcontroller code while it’s working
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