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Design Your Own Fantastic Fabrics

Textile printing — the application of colored patterns to fabric — is not a new phenomenon. Woodblock-printed fabric dates back hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, and has been widely available in forms such as chintz and calico since before the Industrial Revolution. New printing techniques developed during that period, however, brought elaborately decorated fabrics to the […]

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Electronics Fun & Fundamentals: Analog Reborn

In the early 1950s, aircraft development created an urgent need for simulations, and analog computers were ideally suited to run flight simulators. Digital computers barely existed in those days, but aircraft dynamics could be modeled by the flow of electric current through potentiometers, amplifiers, and capacitors. Such circuits were analogous to the real world, and so […]

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If Kids Really Knew STEM

Jasmine Florentine’s new book introduces making and STEM to middle-schoolers. The book, “Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths”, creates a fantasy world where real problems are solved by hands-on skills. Jasmine is driven to help young people understand STEM, not just as a field of study, but as an opportunity to apply their creativity as well […]

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Review: Bernzomatic Firepoint Creator Tool

Manufacturer: Bernzomatic URL: https://www.bernzomatic.com/Products/... Price: $75 Like so many of you, I’ve had an old torch head for propane and map tanks laying around workshops for my entire life. It’s the kind of tool you only need occasionally, but there’s no other tool in the shop that does what it does, so it also never goes away. The […]

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Arduino Brings PLC Features To Their IDE

There have been several occasions where I’ve been in the presence of electrical engineers, discussing the proliferation of Arduino in the maker community and seeking their thoughts. Often, the conversation turns to the divide between makers tinkering at home and engineers working with PLC systems. For those who are not familiar with PLCs, I’ll keep […]

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Power Tool Tech Is More Advanced Than You May Have Thought

Like so many of our readers, I use power tools of various sorts pretty much daily. However, I never really thought about the technology in my hands. I’ve recently come to finally trust a cordless driver to do the job, but beyond that, I thought about them as a motor, a switch, and a power […]

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This Gravity Defying “Chomp” Lamp Harkens Back To The Old Days Of Nintendo

Retro gaming is such a fun topic. It’s interesting how beloved it is, both with those who lived through it and see it with the rose colored glasses of nostalgia, and those who are approaching it with fresh new eyes. Aweirdguy tapped into this love with a project that looks deceptively easy, a floating “Chomp” […]

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Find My: DIY Airtag Tracker

Understanding, (ab)using, and extending Apple’s offline finding protocol

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The Hexanaut: Building The Worlds Largest Rideable Hexapod Robot

Whether they realize it or not, fans of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Disney+ series Andor may already be familiar with UK creator Matt Denton’s movie magic. But in 2012, Denton’s futuristic fabrications transcended the silver screen and landed in the real world with the debut of Mantis — a six-legged, two-ton, human-piloted, steel behemoth.  Originally commissioned for commercial use, a […]

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Mostly Printed Cheap CoreXY 3D Printer

One of the coolest things about the 3D printing community over the past decade has been watching people design and build their own systems. Even though the industry has matured and there are tons of options for off-the-shelf products, there are still plenty of people designing their own and releasing them. This is coreXY style […]

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