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CoCoa Press Announces Availability of Their Chocolate 3D Printer

CoCoa Press, based out of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, has announced the availability of their much anticipated 3D printer capable of making things out of chocolate. Reservations begin today with delivery expected to happen this fall. We’ve been watching the CoCoa Press evolve over time and we’ve been really impressed. After this delightful interview at Midwest RepRap […]

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3D Printer Review: Mingda Magician X2

Manufacturer: Mingda Price: $269 URL: https://3dmingdaofficial.com/products... Features: Unboxing and Assembly Like the last Mingda Magician model, this one comes in three main pieces. The base, the whole z-frame, and the extruder. Assembly is super quick and easy, only a few bolts. You plug the corresponding wires into the motors, extruder, and bed and you’re ready […]

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Adafruit ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw

The ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw is a different kind of microcontroller board. Rather than being a target for standalone programs, this breakout board is designed to be an intelligent port expander for other microcontroller boards. This is achieved using the purpose-written seesaw library from Adafruit. The ATtiny1616 Breakout comes with seesaw preinstalled on the board, […]

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Makers + Video Games = Crazy Awesome Hacky Interfaces

The Game Developer Conference, or GDC, is always a big event in the gaming industry. You can find the latest and greatest tech and talent, and do some incredible networking. What interests us from the event are the makers who are always trying to come up with new and interesting ways to play games. They […]

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Robot Whispering + Circuit Wizardry Coming Up at Maker Faire Miami 2023

Drones, robots, magic, and art collide at Maker Faire Miami this weekend which returns with a full spectrum of makers and movers and shakers...

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How To Nuke-Proof Your Ride

The first two of the three electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) emitted during a nuclear explosion are by far the briefest. The first pulse has a duration of nanoseconds; the second lasts only microseconds. Both, especially the first, can permanently damage solid-state electronics. Electronic devices can be protected from an EMP by storing them in a Faraday shield, […]

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Get Barreled: How To Store Drinking Water

Most of us have experienced power outages. While brief interruptions are unpleasant, lengthy outages that can occur after severe weather, forest fires, and earthquakes can cause loss of food stored in refrigerators and freezers unless a backup generator is available. While water outages are less common than power outages, drinkable water becomes much more important than […]

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Metro M7 with AirLift

The latest Adafruit Metro is the M7 with AirLift. The idea behind this board is to take a very powerful Arm Cortex-M7 microcontroller, put it in the Arduino Uno’s form factor, and then squeeze in a Wi-Fi subsystem along the edge. Adafruit then adds all the extras found on their recent boards. It’s a very […]

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Creality Announces New Ultra Fast 3D Printer: The K1

Over the weekend, Creality announced a whole list of new products that will be hitting shelves soon. The most notable to me is the K1 3d printer. Many of us in the 3D printing community were expecting something like this to pop up. It appears to be a direct competitor to some of the recent […]

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Review: HTVRONT’s Automatic Heat Press

Manufacturer: HTVront Price: $251 URL: https://bit.ly/3lAyqgI Features First Use There is basically no setup with this machine. You unbox it and it is ready to go. It has a few presets that might fit the jobs you need, but you can always adjust things manually. A normal “clam shell” heat press opens up, you guessed […]

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