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Gingerbread Starship U.S.S. Enterprise

[image error] This Christmas, one bakery chose to boldly go where no gingerbread man has gone before. Black Market Bakery in Costa Mesa California has created this incredible homage to the original Star Trek series with their faithful gingerbread recreation of the NCC-1701 U.S.S. Enterprise. The attention to detail is incredible. Any Trekkie […]

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3D Printed Sound Byte Magnet Frame Christmas Present

[image error] Christmas is almost upon us, so here’s a great way to create an (almost) entirely 3d printed Christmas present for other humans. What you’ll need: – Strong magnets. I’m using some rare earth magnets I bought from eBay. I’ve chosen 10x2mm cylindrical ones, but rectangular would do just fine, you’d […]

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What Happened to Heathkit?

[image error]   Heathkit is a name that almost all electronics hobbyists are familiar with. Either you were old enough to be seeing the kits come out new, or you were like me and grew up with the kits as staples in every lab and garage. For those who are unfamiliar, Heathkit […]

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“Fireball” Shooting Piranha Plant

[image error] If you’re familiar with Super Mario Brothers, you’re certainly familiar with this character, the fire-breathing Piranha Plant. If you would like to have a replica of one in real life, you can build your own following instructions found here. The plant, which could probably double as a prop for Little […]

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A New Fritzing–Now With Code View

[image error] Fritzing is a fantastic tool (and a huge collection of components and boards you can use in your designs) for sketching out your circuits, but it can do much more. Now Fritzing adds a new capability: a code editor built in to the Fritzing environment.

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Cardboard Elliptical Workout Machine: Pushing the Boundaries of Cardboard Invention

When my You Tube subscribers ask me if there is a limit to what can be made with cardboard, my answer is an empathic “no”! As shown in my various Makezine posts throughout the past year, the ways cardboard can be manipulated into ideas ranging from scooters and toys to […]

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ITP Winter Show Slideshow

A slideshow of completed and works-in-progress projects by graduate students of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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Cool Crowdfunding December 20th: Fancy Rulers, LED Gloves, and Robot Arms

The Designliner See on Kickstarter PiKit    See on Indiegogo  The Kinetic See on Kickstarter Protocycler See on indiegogo  Solder Doodle See on Kickstarter  Me Arm See on Kickstarter EVB See on Kickstarter  The Alchemist See on Kickstarter   Filed under: Crowdfunding, Maker Pro

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Brass Tacks Woodworking – Kansas City

As noted in the video below, most furniture is built on an assembly line. This has some appeal if you don’t see yourself keeping it for a long time, as it’s generally not built to last. Brass Tacks woodworking, based in Kansas City, Missouri, takes a much different approach, building […]

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It’s A New Filament Friday! New Flexibles and Metals

  Today, we saw two announcements for new 3D printing materials coming to market. 2014 has seen a huge rush of new filaments coming forward, as well as users who are adopting their unique attributes to take their 3D printing projects to the next level. First, Colorfabb has announced that BrassFill will […]

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