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Customize and 3D Print Video Game Characters

We knew this was inevitable and will likely prove to be a big boon to the commercial 3D printing market: tabletop and video game characters, playing pieces, and gaming terrain that you can design, customize, and 3D print (either commercially or on your home 3D printer). On July 8th, Amazon announced that […]

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This Giant Rideable T-Rex Bike Is for Sale on Craigslist

A Maker based in Eugene, Oregon is offering up his hand-built "fossilized" T-Rex bike on Craigslist. Sue is 8.5 feet tall and 12 feet long.

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G Is for Ground: Adafruit Teaches Electronics to Kids

Adafruit has delivered another in their fantastic educational electronics series called Circuit Playground. They’re working their way through the alphabet, explaining the principals of electronics in ways that even children can understand. These videos are a great way to introduce kids to the basics (and safety information) involved with electrical […]

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Upgrade Your Furniture with Gorgeously Floral Wood Stain Art

Wood stain is usually applied as an even layer but watch what happens when this woman applies wood stain to create a gorgeous floral pattern!

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This Is the Nintendo 64 Game Table I Wish I Had as a Kid

As a child of the 90s, I have many fond memories of clutching that clunky Nintendo 64 controller in my grubby little hands, prodding away in pixelated glee. If I could have seen this custom game table 15 years ago, I may have died. Okay, that’s probably an exaggeration, but […]

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New Project: How to Customize Your Clothing with Embroidery

Embroidery is a great activity that can add the right aesthetic touch to many sewing projects. From adding a floral print to a hand towel, to adding a bit of flair to your bag! I started to learn embroidery from my mom when I was a kid. I would choose […]

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This Drill Powered Walking Machine Is like a Monster Segway

Izzy Swan designed a walking machine that is powered by a drill and can be ridden like a Segway, but has legs like Jansen's Strandbeest.

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New Project: Adventures in Building a Custom Raspberry Pi LED Display

11520 LEDs driven by a Raspberry Pi with only three lines of data. A quest to build my own LED matrix display.

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Bet You Can’t Find a Use for This 11-Million-to-1 Gearbox

“It’s a solution looking for a problem, and hopefully you can find the problem.” The solution that puzzle inventor Oskar van Deventer has come up with is a fist-sized 11,373,076:1 gearbox. That’s no typo — to get the output to rotate only once would require over 11 million rotations of the input […]

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This Clever Combo Lockbox Is Made Completely from Wood

This Maker crafted a wooden combination lockbox as his nine-year-old son's Christmas present.

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