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October 2, 2014

Taxidermy Deer Head Costume

1z54ro7 Okay, I might have just found my disguise for Halloween this year! This totally cool costume was create by Martina Jurin from Liège, Belgium. I love it because it fits three very important requirements: 1) Cheap and easy to make. Materials include cardboard and paper mache and paint. Knowing me I […]

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Published on October 02, 2014 11:01

Hack It Together Goes Beyond the Basic Blink

HackItTogether This post is sponsored by Freescale. Among the rows of makers under the trees at World Maker Faire New York, a friendly man with a bowtie played the guitar, showing off the advanced signal processing ability of the Freescale microcontroller that he’s working with in a project dubbed MonkeyJam. It’s […]

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Published on October 02, 2014 10:18

Intel Asks, What Will You Make?

what-will-you-make A garage door opens. The camera pans in. This could be Cupertino, 1976, but it's not. It's today, at your neighborhood makerspace.

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Published on October 02, 2014 09:01

New Project: Make a Modern Mobile

Finished-Mobile-4 Swivels and a weight give flexibility and stability to this contemporary design. Conventional mobiles are mostly made with hook-into-loop connections, which restrict movement. This mobile uses swivels, which allow the parts to rotate full circle, independent from each other.

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Published on October 02, 2014 06:40

DIY Galaxy Floor Painting

Painting a galaxy floor is a great DIY idea for lovers of outer space!

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Published on October 02, 2014 05:01

Some Day You Will Be Dead: The Alphabet In Real Bones

18x242 Kyle Scheele found a dead opossum. Really really dead. Really, it was only an opossum skeleton, but it was fully in tact. He had already been considering a project in the area of typography, and this just seemed like a perfect opportunity. He started arranging some of the bones into […]

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Published on October 02, 2014 04:01

October 1, 2014

A Glimpse At Maker Faire Milwaukee

P1120427-1000x600 Maker Faire Milwaukee kicked off last weekend with tons of really cool things. Due to a fire in a Chicago airport, some of us didn’t get to make it to the event. Luckily Brian McCormick was able to attend and shot this great video for the world to enjoy. Filed […]

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Published on October 01, 2014 13:47

3D Printing A Samus Aran Costume From Metroid

XX9VdHC 3D printing and cosplay make a great team with this Samus Aran suit.

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Published on October 01, 2014 11:59

DIY Faux Flesh Table Cloth

human-flesh-table-cloth-2 Stimulate your appetite for gory horror this Halloween with this macabre faux flesh table cloth tutorial by Instructables member and props specialist Tye Rannosaurus.

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Published on October 01, 2014 09:01

September 30, 2014

Drones Doing Good

Charles Devaney uses aerial drone photography to map disaster areas and help direct aid where it is most needed. Check out the winners of the Drone Social Innovation Award, and a few interesting runners-up. The Drone User Group Network established this prize to promote use of drones for the public good.

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Published on September 30, 2014 13:01

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