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What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace

“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has created opportunities for nurses and other medical staff to prototype solutions […]

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Uri Tuchman’s Hand Automata Is A Work Of Art

I really enjoy Uri Tuchman’s sense of humor that he mixes with fine manual making skills. Take for example, his latest build, this automata of a pair of hands tapping their fingers. There is fine skill and craftsmanship on display here with the gorgeous brass cams and levers. The wooden hand-sculpted hands look like they […]

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Where Baby Dolls And Music Meet

I’m sorry. I don’t have much to say about these, but I can’t get them out of my mind. Now they’re in your mind too. This delightful musical device is made by Moon Armada. They make all kinds of musical devices, but the thing that stands out, and may maybe haunt your dreams, are these […]

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Which Laser Should You Buy?

Makers are confronted with so many choices of laser cutters and engravers that it can be intimidating. Here's a rough outline of the main differences between the lasers on the market today.

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Maker Faire Comes to Mexico City This Weekend!

Maker Faire Comes to Mexico City This Weekend! The first edition of Maker Faire CDMX takes place on May 12+13 at the Centro Nacional de Las Artes bringing together innovators + creatives from across the capital and country.

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How To Convert Your 3D Scan To Something Usable In Fusion 360

One of the more frustrating experiences in digital fabrication is getting your first 3d scanner and finding out that scans are not actually that useful for cad. At least they’re not that useful if you don’t know how to turn them into something that you can edit. The channel Product Design Online has come to […]

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60 Laser Cutter Tutorials To Keep You Inspired

If you’ve got a laser cutter, you know that there is a weird gap in projects out there that are fully documented, that use your laser cutter. Greylight May has come to the rescue by compiling a full list of 60 tutorials that are fully documented and ready to go. To make things easier for […]

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Nerd Out About Toys And RCs With Us On May 11

We’re overjoyed to bring you another episode of Hangout & Nerdout on Thursday, May 11, this time focusing on toys and R/C! We’ll be talking to the creator of Make: Volume 85’s cover star – the R/C Thing from Netflix’s Wednesday – Ben Eadie, about making movie magic for Ghosbusters: Afterlife, and how he uses […]

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Nerd Out About Toys And RCs With Us On May 11th

We’re overjoyed to bring you another episode of Hangout & Nerdout on Thursday, May 11th, this time focusing on toys and R/C! We’ll be talking to the creator of Make: Volume 85’s cover star – the R/C Thing from Netflix’s Wednesday – Ben Eadie, about making movie magic for Ghosbusters: Afterlife, and how he uses […]

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3D Printing Obsolete Connectors

Here’s a problem that we know some of you will feel a connection to. You have some device, probably old and no longer supported, and you need to replace a cable. Unfortunately, they use a non-standard connector and you can’t find new ones on the market. Teaching Tech comes to the rescue today, showing how […]

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