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February 17, 2015
New Project: Project: Super Size DIY Helping Hands Clamps
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I decided to build a bigger and stronger version of the helping hands tool using an adjustable floor lamp and some large spring clamps.
Cardboard Chuckwagon: DIY Food Truck For Kids
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When I was a kid, a giant cardboard box was just about the best toy ever. My friends and I built forts, castles, and storefronts. We used them as sleds, cars, and rockets, and we even got inside them and rolled down hills. (In retrospect, the latter was probably a […]
Dad Builds Mini Bulldozer from Lawnmower Parts
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Driving heavy equipment machines is incredibly fun but owning them outright just isn’t in some of our budgets. In that case, perhaps building your own mini machine may be the next best thing, which is what one YouTube user did with his Mini Dozer. Actually, Ryan M built his machine […]
Adorable, Interactive Nixie Tube “Pet” Performs Simple Math
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Nixie tubes (or cold cathode displays) are awesome and although the technology isn’t new (they hit the market back in 1955) they are making a strong comeback in the 21st century thanks to the maker community. Ron Soyland has been making vacuum tubes for years and his love for […]
Ready to Wearable: How to Select and Use Sensors
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Kate Hartman shows you how to choose sensors for your wearable projects in an excerpt from her book Make: Wearable Electronics.
February 16, 2015
Foamland Security: Sibling-Proof Your Stuff With A Nerf Sentry Gun
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No matter how many ‘Do Not Enter’ signs that were taped to the door or how many traps were laid, our siblings still entered our rooms and caused chaos any chance they could. While violence is frowned upon in most societies, sometimes an upgrade in firepower is the answer to […]
February 15, 2015
FAA Surprises Fliers with Release of Proposed Small-Drone Rules
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Today, the FAA released its long-awaited proposed legislation for small drones, specifying a weight limit of 55 pounds and daytime-only, line-of sight use for the craft, among other requirements. As quadcopters and other small easy-to-fly, self-navigating aircraft have grown with incredible popularity in the past couple years, the community using them […]
50+ Global Issues Makers Can Solve
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab—along with USAID’s Global Development Lab, The Lemelson Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, The Good Company and OMG—has put together a list of challenges primed for Makers to solve. They call these “Top 50 Game-Changing Technologies for Defeating Global Poverty.” These are summarized […]
Teachers, Stop Being Scared of Cellphones
Screens are everywhere these days, in the restaurants, on the subways, in front of our faces. The only ones we seem able to control are those little screens on our tablets and cellphones, but bring those things into a classroom and who is in control, the student or the teacher? […]
Nature-Inspired Animated 3D-Printed Sculptures
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These gorgeous 3D printed forms created by John Edmark appear to morph when their rotation speed is synchronized to strobe flashes or a video camera’s frame rate. A lecturer in art & art history and in mechanical engineering design at Stanford, Edmark’s cellular and kinetic works are inspired by […]
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