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July 28, 2015
Gaming on a Giant Playable Wooden Game Boy Advance
This wooden Game Boy Advance created by Ryan Bates of RetroBuiltGames is the solution to hipster gaming on the go. Its 9″ screen is 300% bigger than the original Game Boy Advance. Bates has named his creation the “GBA XXL.” Bates says that the CAD file was an expansion of a […]
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MacroFab Eases Path from Prototype to Production
MacroFab builds prototype circuit boards uploaded with a slick online tool and then lets customers order a full production run.
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July 27, 2015
Inside Blade Runner’s Model Shop
This weekend, I happened upon the recent re-release trailer for Blade Runner (The Final Cut). The Final Cut version of the film, the only one where director Ridley Scott had full artistic control, was first released in 2007, but this spring, theaters started showing it again and this new trailer […]
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New Project: How to Make Custom Shields for Your Microcontroller Board
Shields are great for connecting external circuits to your microcontroller board. In this project, you'll learn to make your own custom shields for Arduino.
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July 26, 2015
The Physics of the Latest Record-Breaking Hot Wheels Loop
DETROIT–When you are trying to send Hot Wheels cars through a giant loop, you can tell you’re getting a good run by the sound. If it’s consistent and quiet, like a drop of water sizzling on a hot skillet, you’re got a shot to make the loop. When you hear […]
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Artist Crochets Crazy Creepy Creatures
Caitlin McCormack creates detailed crochet skeletal creatures and then uses glue to give them shape. Her creations are creepy and beautiful.
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July 25, 2015
Over-the-Top Nursery Brings You Inside Mario Kart
In one of the most impressive builds I’ve seen here (or ever really), former Navy electronics technician, game tester, and current stay-at-home dad Wes Swain has come up with an incredible Mario Kart-themed nursery. His grandfather (an accomplished gunsmith and general tinkerer) and his dad (a skilled artist) inspired Swain to make […]
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July 24, 2015
New Project: Build a Working Wooden Mouse
In this project, you will make your own custom wooden mouse. To make this wooden mouse, you will take apart a cheap USB mouse and salvage the electronics. The electronics will then be embedded in the bottom of a block of wood which you will form into a mouse-like shape. Although […]
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Bring Nugget Ice Home with a Crowdsourced Design
FirstBuild is trying to give their community and consumers at large the opportunity to have nugget ice at home, right where they want it.
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Watch These Meditative Embroidered Zoetropes
Elliot Schultz created these animated zoetropes by embroidering fabric and spinning them on record players, and the result is hypnotizing.
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