MAKE Magazine and Instructables.com's Blog, page 634
February 12, 2015
CapSense Proximity Plug-n-Play with the PSoC 4 BLE
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For the #PSoCMaker community, here is an example project using the proximity header on the PSoC 4 BLE Pioneer Kit development board.
Maker Faires’ Greatest Hits, 2014 Edition
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In addition to Maker Faire Bay Area and Maker Faire New York, I visited perhaps a dozen other Faires, from Oslo to Tokyo.
Scrap To Swank: Turn Pallets Into A Beautiful Desk
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Recycling pallets into something else useful is nothing new, but this desk, inspired by bowling lanes and butcher blocks, is, well, inspired. The top is made entirely out of recycled pallets found around a college campus. As this desk is for college, the creator estimates he will move “23 more […]
The Effects In This Video Are Incredible, Here’s How To Build Them All
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This video popped into my feed this morning as I sipped my coffee, waiting for my kids to shuffle their way to the breakfast table before school. As I watched this with them, completely mesmerized, I realized that you can make every single one of these effects at home! So often, my […]
Happy Camper: Dad Builds Toddler a VW Bus Bed
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For his daughter’s third birthday “DIYDad” decided to build her a bed in the shape of a VW bus, based loosely on the classic “type 2″ model. (If you’re wondering, the birthday girl was not made to sleep outside, as the image above might imply; rather, the bus was used for […]
February 11, 2015
Helping Those In Need With A Portable 3D Printed Wind Turbine
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In today’s connected world, cellular service is often more ubiquitous than the power needed to charge the phones. A few years ago, a post here at Make pointed me to a story about the creation of a simple hydroelectric generator to help residents of small village in Guatemala charge their phones so that they could sell […]
Unclutter With This Sturdy Cardboard Shoe Rack
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Between shipments for DIY-related work and the ease of online shopping, cardboard is a pretty abundant resource in my home, so I always delight in finding new project ideas that save a box or two from the recycle bin. And, like many of you fellow organization geeks out there, I’m […]
6-Axis Robot-Arm 3D Printer Runs on Arduino, Slings Spiderwebs
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Most industrial robots run on proprietary systems, but this experimental KUKA arm uses an Arduino MEGA to 3D print in 6 axes, mimicking the shapes found in nature. Despite the size of this KUKA arm with a custom toolhead attachment — a 3D printer extruder — carefully looking at the […]
Workshop Tricks: Tangle-Free Power Cords
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A quick technique can save tons of time and clean up your storage immensely. 
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