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July 19, 2014
Liquid Cool your PC!
If you or your family and/or roomates are annoyed with a constantly humming GPU fan, why not consider liquid cooling your computer? Sure, simple air cooling is (was?) good enough to cool some small cars, but if you want something truly unique to add to your dual-GPU rig, few things […]
Painting the Internet of Things Blue
One of the factors that making the current generation of wearables devices not just possible, but useable, is the growing popularity of Bluetooth LE.
July 18, 2014
The $100 DIY Sailboat that Won our Outdoor Sports Contest
Robert van de Walle's $100 sailboat, built with materials from a hardware store, is our summer sports contest winner.
Maker Hangar 2: 05 – Flying a Tricopter
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I give you some tips on how to be successful when flying your tricopter. You also see some video from my tricopter when I brought it on vacation with me and flew it around. In the next episode you’ll get an intro on the Maker Trainer 2, stay tuned! In […]
Hacking the Macetech RGB Shades
Some of the more in-your-face pieces of wearable technology are macetech’s RGB Shades and LED Matrix Shades. They’re shutter shade sunglasses with a twist: the front surface is crammed with individually controllable LEDs. It’s an attention-grabbing effect, and the person wearing the Shades can see through the LED array just […]
Leah Buechley: Crafting the Lilypad Arduino
I’ll never forget the first time I heard about Lilypad Arduino. I was astounded and said, “You can make LEDs light up and you stitch it with conductive thread? How does that work?” It wasn’t until years later, after experimenting with the board that I finally got to meet Leah […]
A Great Looking Commodore 64 Emulator
The Commodore 64 may be long out of production, but it still lives in the hearts of many enthusiasts. Some people might write new games for this computer, but YouTuber “Staring Lizzard” decided to instead design and build a stand-alone emulator. Physically speaking, this is really a work of art. […]
This Mechanic Is Making the Ultimate Commuter Bike for Everyone
A reformed software exec wants to fix bike commuting with his low-cost, low-maintenance cutting-edge bicycle.
How-To: Automatically Make Seamlessly Looping GIFs
Make your own seamless GIFs with a tool that automatically finds perfect loops in videos
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