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June 16, 2015
Blink Blink: Creative Circuits Designed by Girls, for Girls
From ambitious entrepreneurs to casual meet-up participants, women are proactive about engaging with STEM and with other women in their field. Besides their shared affinity with science, tech, engineering, and math, they often find that they have another thing in common. Many of these women can recall a time when […]
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Rethinking Prosthetics for Female Veterans
The National Week of Making has been going strong these last few days and there has been a lot to see. Maker Media founder and Executive Chairman Dale Dougherty has been talking to Makers from all over the country and he recently had the opportunity to talk with Andrea Ippolito, Dara […]
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How to Check the Balance of Your Gaming Dice
Gamer Daniel Fisher used an old golf ball balancing trick to test the integrity of his D20 gaming dice. To set up the test, he mixed 6+ tablespoons of salt with 1/3 cup room temperature water in a small glass jar. By floating and spinning a die in the jar, […]
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Root Venture VC Raises $30 Million for Early Stage Hardware Startups
When Avidan Ross was planning his wedding, he bought a Jinan G. Weike LG500 laser cutter to make his own escort cards and table numbers. “She got a diamond, I got a 90W laser,” he said. It was that mentality that led Ross to launch a $30 million fund — or, […]
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Skill Builder: 10 Questions to Ask Before Renting Time on a CNC Mill
If you’re like most of us, you probably don’t own an expensive CNC mill in your garage. In many parts of the country, one isn’t that far away. To use one, you’re likely going to have to rent time on it. Make every minute of time in front of the machine […]
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Open Source Prosthetic Hands Focus on Function and Personality
A reddit user asked for workouts for his brother, who lost his hands. Another user responded with a 3D printed prosthetic.
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Theremin-Like Sculpture Looks Like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude
Exp.Inst.Moon is a combination of musical instrument, technology, and art. As an interactive art installation, users touch electronic sensors that relay signals through the electronic components to an Arduino microcontroller that converts the input into projections of sound and light. It’s an example of how technology can transform someone from […]
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Explore This Elegant Wooden Arduino Puzzle Box
If you’re like me, you find yourself fighting the urge to push every button, flip every switch, and turn every knob you see. This arcade-style puzzle box was designed to satiate those deep-seated desires. Powered by an Arduino, with completely custom wooden enclosure and components, this is a wood shop geek’s first […]
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Sculptural Clocks Are Perfect Fusion of Analog and Digital
Bernie Rohde became obsolete as a TV repairman almost 30 years ago, having only gone to school for analog appliance repair. To catch up to a growing tech world, he decided to teach himself how to build digital circuits. He liked to play around with components, so he built exploded […]
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June 15, 2015
5 Ways to Reach Out and Touch Minecraft
Today, Microsoft chose a very fun way to show off their new Hololens augmented reality technology. They did what many of us fantasize about doing and brought Minecraft to a table top in front of them. Unfortunately, none of us can get our hands on this amazingly cool “holographic display,” […]
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