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Working 3D Printed Circular Saw the Size of a Fingernail!

If the giant fingertips in these images look familiar, that’s because they belong to the same crazed maker, New Zealand’s Lance Abernethy, who 3D printed a miniscule, working power drill last year. Lance is back and this time he’s brought his fingernail-sized circular saw. The viral success of his drill […]

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Go to Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire, Get into Foo Fest Free

The Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire returns for its seventh year on Saturday, August 8, conveniently coinciding with AS220's Foo Fest.

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First Look: Bean+ Microcontroller Adds Greater Range, Better Battery, and More

Today Punch Through Design launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Bluetooth LE Arduino-compatible microcontroller board the Bean+.

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Supplyframe and Hackaday Acquire DIY Online Marketplace Tindie

Back in July of 2013, the technology firm Supplyframe found that the online DIY hack/modding website Hackaday was up for sale and quietly/promptly purchased the popular site. Shortly thereafter, they introduced Hackaday.io, which is a collaborative maker section on the site where users can collaborate with one another on various […]

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Watch: The Infinite Slinky Escalator

Armed with a Walmart slinky, Matthias Wandel set out to design an infinite slinky escalator, and the resulting machine is hypnotic.

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You Won’t Believe this Beautiful Melodica Is 3D Printed

Maker Daren Banarsë went on a quest to fabricate his ideal melodica. He had to reverse engineer and 3D print it, and the result looks and sounds completely authentic.

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Definitely not Boring: Old Tech Drills Any-Shaped Hole

The parser drill (a precursor to the CNC milling machine) is capable of drilling a hole in just about any shape, including sharp corners.

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Beware the Hackable Google Beacons Made by Estimote

Manufacturers were quick to support Google’s new Eddystone beacon standard, but in the rush to support it, some manufacturers are ignoring basic security.

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New Project: Build a Motion Control Rig for Time-Lapse Photography

In this project, you'll learn how to use an Arduino microcontroller and a stepper motor to precisely control the panning of a camera during a time lapse.

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Upcycle Glass Spheres into Unique Speaker Enclosures

If you were to create a speaker enclosure, conventional wisdom would have you starting with medium density fiberboard (MDF), or, possibly, some other wood product. Ryan Sweeney, however, decided instead to use a thick glass cylinder for each speaker, mounting them with cut bamboo. The idea for this came to […]

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