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November 16, 2014
The Elephant & Castle Roundup
That's a wrap for the Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire, which was bigger and better than ever
Illumaphone: Looks Like Cups, Sounds Like Music
One Princeton graduate and software engineer recently developed a new instrument based on light and spatial movement. She calls it the Illumaphone. 
November 15, 2014
Ultimate 3D Printing Guide Video: Is There A Manual?
John Abella, one of our testers, shares his observations at the big review. He’s built dozens of 3d printers between workshops, Maker Faires, and personal projects. In this video John discusses the documentation that we’re starting to see with 3D printers. Many manufacturers are sharing detailed documents that are high […]
Toddlers Can Play Their Favorite Music With Song Blocks Sonos system
Song Blocks was designed using a series of NFC tags, controller board and a Raspberry Pi B+ to engage music from a Sonos wireless hi-fi system.Users beware as kids love to play the same song repeatedly, which can lead to early hair loss and nervous conditions.
Teaching kids to program with wooden blocks
How do you teach programming to children with no prior programming experience? How do you teach programming to children that can yet read or write?
3D Printing Topographic Maps Using Lidar
Designer Whitney Potter tapped into the power to make 3D-printed models of actual geographic topography using the Light Detection and Ranging system
Building a hackable robotic arm
The meArm is a small, hackable, robotic arm designed from the ground up to be low cost and easy to use.
3D Printed Line Following Robots
The Cannybots are 3d printed line following robots that are Arduino compatible, and controlled via Bluetooth LE. 
Building Atoms with Arduino and Processing
What could be more fun than smashing protons and neutrons together using and Arduino and Processing? Doing it as an arcade game perhaps?
3D Printing Using Genetically Modified Bacteria and Orange Juice
Biohacking is the next big thing, but people aren't just talking about it anymore, they're using it to 3d print objects.
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