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Maker Faire Vienna 2023 Brings Together Maker Pioneers and Visionaries

Technology, art, science & crafts - Austria's largest DIY festival! The maker community will meet at the Maker Faire Vienna on June 3rd and 4th. Visitors can look forward to an extensive program with workshops and lectures. There is something for everyone from young to old at Austria's largest do-it-yourself festival in the META city of Vienna.

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Make: Education Forum Returns September 22 +23

The Make: Education Forum aims to transform education by focusing on the needs and interests of educators and their students by developing new technical skills and encouraging the process of creative problem-solving. In this two-day virtual event, get ready to explore maker topics, share ideas, exchange tips and tricks and learn from one another.

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This Guy Built A Lamborghini From Scratch, And 3D Printed The Body

There are varying levels to car culture hobbyists. There are those who keep their car stock, those who restore, those who hot rod, and even those who custom build from scratch. Sterling took that last option to a bit of an extreme. Together with his son, they measured and designed the car body based off […]

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Accessibility Hacks In Music: An Instrument For Henar

Music is such an integral part of the human experience. A musical chord can evoke emotion faster than a paragraph. The desire to make music is overwhelming for many of us. Unfortunately, for some, there are obstacles in the way. This project aims to make a modular percussively driven midi interface. This design makes it […]

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Becky’s Mermaid Hair Is A Delightfully Illuminated Wearable

Becky stern is back with another interesting project that really goes outside the box. This LED wearable is meant to be worn in your hair and pulls inspiration from the mermaids that she saw as a child. It really is interesting how she managed to wrap and shape the wire in a way that this […]

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This Tiny Orrery Fits In Your Hand And Has A Web Interface

I’m a fan of orreries. These little models of our planetary bodies and orbits are truly fascinating and have captured my mind ever since I saw the big mechanical one featured in the movie The Dark Crystal. Give me any orrery and I’m happy. Big mechanical ones, tiny electronic ones, I don’t care. The Illusionmanger […]

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This Portable Loom Lets You Weave on The Go

If there’s anything the modern day maker needs, it is the ability to pop out some weaving when they have a spare few minutes. Imagine you’re taking the subway for your hour long morning commute and you reach into your bag and pull out a fully functional weaving loom. Well, that’s totally possible. This 4 […]

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Join Our LIVE Launch Party To Talk With Authors From Our Latest Issue

Make: Volume 85 is your gateway to the burgeoning DIY music scene! From soldering together your first synth, to modular SDIY, to simple software solutions, join our editorial staff and a modicum of maker musicians to learn how to craft everything from speakers and squeakers to the next club banger. We’ll also be talking R/C […]

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3D Printer Review: Phrozen Sonic Mini 8k S

Manufacturer: Phrozen Price: $299 preorder price URL: https://phrozen3d.com/pages/sonic-min... Features: Out of the box Unboxing was a breeze. There was no assembly required and everything was packed quite nicely. I didn’t see a manual, but there are references to a digital manual that you can look up. Setup for first prints only required setting the print bed height, which […]

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How I Built A Guitar Picking Robot

The idea came to me while I was listening to a great Seattle fingerpicking guitarist, the late Klaus Lendzian, at a favorite local restaurant. I’d been hearing him play at various venues around town since the 1980s.  As I watched him play, I thought, “He’s really good. Lyrical, a great sense of timing. Wow, I […]

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