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August 31, 2015
Watch: Artist’s Trippy Fractal Homage Video to His Father
Kevin McGloughlin uses time-lapse and 3D imaging techniques as well as Photoshop to create this trippy video homage for his dad.
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Laser Powered Lightsabers Slice Through Des Moines
Troy Powers builds laser lightsabers from dismantled digital projectors, DVD burners, and even medical devices.
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Light Up Your 3D Prints with Glow in the Dark Filament Techniques
This new glow in the dark filament will have your 3D prints looking phosphorescent.
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You Can Create Fantastical Landscapes with a Kinect-Powered Sandbox. Here’s How
These interactive displays use sand to allow you to scoop, smash, and splatter structures that are then analyzed by a Kinect and projected as a topographical map.
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August 30, 2015
Make a Simple Wall-mounted Battery Organizer
When learning a new skill, like woodworking, it’s always nice if those first few projects produce practical, everyday things that become part of your daily life. Seeing them, using them, taking pride in them, inspires you to delve deeper into the skill and its greater rewards. Here’s a basic woodworking […]
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Commemorate the Pluto Flyby with This 3D Printable Plaque
Todd Blatt was inspired by the new detailed images of Pluto and decided to make a 3D printable plaque. Download the STL file today!
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August 29, 2015
The Labyrinth Game at Trondheim Maker Faire
We talk to the makers behind the giant-sized version of the Labyrinth Game — that vexingly difficult "ball through a maze filled with holes" game well all owned when a small child — that was on show at Trondheim Maker Faire.
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Get Media Alerts from Your Lamp with This Ikea Hack
Mate Marschalko, who gave us the recent RC car over wireless and a racing wheel project now has a cool Ikea hack to share. He took an Ikea lamp and used a WiFi-enabled Arduino compatible microcontroller to create an alert notification light for his desk. He writes: This IKEA lamp […]
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Jet Engines at Trondheim Maker Faire
We talk to the driver of the student-built jet powered car that was on display at the Trondheim Maker Faire.
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The Elektra ROV at Trondheim Maker Faire
We talk to the students behind the new ROV build from Elektra, shown for the first time in public at the Trondheim Maker Faire.
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