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January 8, 2019
How to Create Floppy Drive Music
Create music from floppy drive sounds with a Java application and Arduino sketch
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January 7, 2019
Space Invaders Synthesizer
Hack the original 1978 arcade audio chip for classic and novel sound FX
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January 4, 2019
Hot Wheels Mods: Contest Winners
For the 50th anniversary of Hot Wheels toys, Make: and Mattel teamed up for a Hot Mods contest, and the results are in!
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January 3, 2019
Case Knives and the Hands That Make
Our hands are the ultimate tools. We have used them to build empires and civilizations, and rebuild them time and time again when they fell. We bake cakes with them, saw wood with them, and write code to launch people into space with them. No one understands this better than […]
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5 Axis 3D Printing Brings New Possibilities
more axis, many more possibilities
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January 2, 2019
Quick and Easy Straw Oboe
Craft simple wind instruments from drinking straws and strike up a summertime band.
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January 1, 2019
A Quick And Easy Way To Automate That LEGO BB8
The folks at Brown dog Gadgets have published this fantastic guide to convert a plain ol’ LEGO BB8 model into something a bit more exciting. The brains inside this project are Crazy Circuits, which happen to interface with Lego quite nicely (you can get a few of their kits in […]
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December 31, 2018
The 18 Best Maker Faire Videos of 2018
A small panel of judges from Make: editorial and Maker Faire leadership spent some reviewing the 60+ videos produced from the 198 city-facing events in 44 countries that took place this year. Videos were primarily post-event documentation, but some were promo and one was even longer-form, real-time pace. What makes […]
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Accounting For Kerf: How Much Material Is Really Removed By Your Cutter?
“How did I screw up measuring everything by a quarter-inch? I must not be good at this!” Nope, you just didn’t account for kerf.
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December 28, 2018
Bright Ideas: Kari Byron Interviews Debra Ansell
MythBuster Kari Byron and “geek mom” Debra Ansell chat about technology, art, and the magic of being self-taught
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