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July 27, 2014
Maker Faire Detroit: Day 1 in Pictures
Maker Faire Detroit is sliding into day two with another full day of projects, presentations, and plumes of flame. Missed day one? Not to worry, below is a slideshow of some of the many creative expressions from the Faire’s first day. Filed under: General
Maker Hangar 2: 08 – Flying the Maker Trainer 2
In this last episode of Maker Hangar, I show you how to fly your Maker Trainer 2. I show you how to hand launch it, how to fly around, and how to do some acrobatics. In this season, I showed you how to build and fly a Tricopter and another Airplane. We hope you […]
Herb Deutsch and the First Moog at Maker Faire Detroit
Moog synthesizer co-inventor Herbert Deutsch played Maker Faire Detroit as part of The Henry Ford's 50th anniversary celebration of the first Moog.
The Isoscel-Ease Drawing Robot
Maybe you’ve built your own drawing robot, but I doubt it comes with a geometric pun like the Isoscelease pen plotter device. As the name would imply, this robo-plotter uses a constantly varying isosceles triangle that is able to angularly expand and contract as well as move as a unit […]
July 26, 2014
DropLit: the low-cost DIY Resin Printer
Today at Maker Faire Detroit, the team from SeeMeCNC unveiled a new printer: DropLit. Resin printers do not extrude material. Rather, these printers use a resin bath –such as MakerJuice Labs– which is selectively cured by light from a DLP projector. Traditionally, resin printers are not sold as kits and […]
Chocolate Mill Reveals Layers of Geometric Patterns
When I think of fascinating candy, I think of Willy Wonka. Nerds, Kazoozles, Shockers, Fun Dip, Pixy Stix, Everlasting Gobstoppers and of course, Wonka Bars. In fact, my childhood self was so fascinated by Everlasting Gobstoppers and how they work, that I wrote a haiku about them in 4th grade, […]
The PartDaddy: 16’2″ Delta Printer
Friday was setup day for Maker Faire Detroit and the guys from SeeMeCNC went big with The PartDaddy, a 16’2″ tall delta style printer. When a client expressed a desire to print an entire model rocket in a single print, the guys at SeeMeCNC got the idea for the massive […]
July 25, 2014
Maker Pro Newsletter — 07.24.14
“The next stage in computing, the next wave, is emotion.” From the editors of Make:, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Are […]
Turn Your Old Cell Phones into DIY Environmental Listening Devices to Stop Illegal Logging
A kit to turn old cell phones into a rainforest monitoring system that tracks illegal logging.
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