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October 14, 2015
Artists Bring the Human Element to Industrial Design
Core77, a network serving cutting-edge designers, will host their Designing Here/Now Conference next week in Los Angeles.
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Fold These Amazing Geometric Animal Masks from Cardstock
Wintercroft provides templates for these amazing masks. Just cut, fold, and paste and you're on your way to a dramatic costume.
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Watch Intricate Moroccan Tile Mosaics Shaped by Hand
See how "zellige," or Moroccan tile, is created by hand to produce beautiful mosaics in a process that has existed for millennia.
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BeagleBoard Officially Reveals the X15 — And it’s a Beast
The BeagleBoard X15 is the latest development board from the BeagleBoard.org foundation and it is one powerful, open source hardware puppy!
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October 13, 2015
New Project: Hinge Sky Tracker for Astrophotography
This sky tracking platform matches the eath's rotation in the simplest way possible. A basic regulator circuit powers a DC gear-head motor, which turns a pair of gears that engage a curved length of threaded rod, and makes the hinge open at the correct speed. You can build it in a weekend about $75 or less.
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Watch These Electronic Badges Evolve
Designed for Burning Man and powered by Orchard, these badges mimic genetics. When two badges come into contact, their light pattern changes.
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3D Printing a Robust Cubesat for Space-Bound Dev Boards
We talk to Craig Kief and Brian Zufelt from COSMIAC about their plans not just to fly the Raspberry Pi into orbit, but to 3D print the satellite that's going to take it there.
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Cut Out a 3-Dimensional Papercraft Metroid Scene
Bring pixel art to the third dimension with this easy cut out technique.
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8 Seriously Scary Halloween Costumes
Make Halloween truly terrifying with these nightmare-inducing costumes.
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How to Detect Killer Asteroids
Monitor the skies to spot asteroids and help save the Earth from annihilation by interplanetary projectiles.
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