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For Those About To Rocksmith: Hack A Custom Cable

[image error] Rocksmith, if you haven’t heard of it, is a video game that helps you learn to play the guitar, or bass guitar in “GearWalker’s” case. Think Guitar Hero, except with an actual guitar. Although this is quite an interesting concept (and in some ways makes more sense than ‘Hero), it requires […]

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This Giant Floating Face Creepily Watches While You Gamble

[image error] Walk into the SLS Hotel in Las Vegas and you’ll be greeted by a giant golden face perched high above the casino floor, gently floating and bobbing over the throngs of people dreaming of riches. It’s eerie enough that you might think you’ve found heaven, or that someone spiked your drink. The incredible […]

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Level Up: These 3D Printed Thumbsticks Help The Disabled Play Xbox

[image error] Since the beginning of my hobby of producing 3D printed parts to help people with physical disabilities play video games, the thumbstick has been an issue. Unfortunately, it was an issue I didn’t really have an elegant solution for. After some brainstorming, I believe I’ve come up with a useful […]

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Head-Twisting Woven Sculptures Put a New Face on Art

[image error] Go ahead and wrap your head around this heady series of sculptures by Italian artist Gianluca Traina called "Portrait 360."

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What Will You Explore If You Win This Drone?

[image error] OpenExplorer is offering free drones to intrepid adventurers with goals of science and discovery.

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DiResta: Sawhorses

[image error] I needed new shop horses to manage different projects and locations in my shop. I went to buy them, but realized they were too big.

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Gorgeous Glow-in-the-Dark CNC Map Table

[image error]   If you’re a fan of coffee tables, geography, and stuff that glows, you’ll love this table by Chris Finklea. It features a beautiful finish, and is assembled using CNC-cut hexagons with a map of the world cut into them. To fill in the land masses, Chris decided to fill […]

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Pats Fan Builds Mini Stadium for Super Bowl Spread

[image error] Using a CNC router, vinyl cutter, laser cutter, strip heater, and $200 in materials from Home Depot, Boston area inventor and builder Christian Reed constructed an awesomely detailed table-top stadium to hold the provisions for Sunday’s festivities.   I got this idea for this project from a good friend of […]

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FIRST Robotics Season: Part 4 Breakdown Of The Game

[image error] In this game, an ideal alliance would consist of robots that each specialize in different tasks working together

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Why It’s Good for Everyone When Your Makerspace Is More Inclusive

[image error] There is a rather large gender gap in the makerspace community; one that has mirrored the well-documented gaps in various STEM fields, and while some proactive spaces have increased their efforts to support inclusivity, it has proven to be an uphill battle for others. It’s achievable though, with many examples (such […]

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