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Make: The Shot Challenge: Winners Announced

We know many of you have been patiently waiting, biting your nails in anticipation. The moment has finally come for us to announce the winners of the Make: The Shot Challenge. If you will recall, the contest started back in April and the goal was simple. Submit the most inventive […]

New Project: Vampire Flashlight

[image error] A single fully-charged AA battery is incapable of powering high-flux LEDs. However with the aid of a toroid, bipolar NPN transistor, and the popular Joule Thief circuit, you can even turn "dead" batteries into a capable flashlight power source.

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The Beauty of Disassembled Appliances

[image error] Underneath the food-stained shell of your electric mixer lies a thoughtfully designed world of utilitarian elegance.

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New Project: Godzilla Detector: A Retro Digital Geiger Counter

[image error] Whether it’s the “Fukushima plume” or giant monsters on your mind, the classic Civil Defense CDV-715 Geiger counter has a perfect retro-style case to house a modern, sensitive digital Geiger counter. Replace its guts and add a new analog-digital LCD meter and you're ready to detect particle flux from radioactive lizards. Make:'s go-to Geiger guy John Iovine shows you how.

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Giant Interactive Camera Obscura

Stephen Takacs has created Target Six-16, a human-sized, interactive camera obscura installation to give the public an inside look at one of the world’s oldest photographic devices. A camera obscura is a box or room with a hole in one side that projects an image of its surroundings on a […]

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Kickstarter Simplifies Rules for Makers

Kickstarter simplifies their rules. For makers, that's a good thing.

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National Day of Making: White House Hosting Its Maker Faire June 18th

On June 18th, a select group of makers will get to show off their projects at the White House and talk with the President about making and how it has shaped their lives.

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Raspberry Pi Offers Resources for Educators

Clive Beale from The Raspberry Pi Foundation spoke to Make: about its beginnings as an educational platform and how their audience at Maker Faire has evolved.

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New Project: Motion Activated Sprinkler

Do the local animals think your front lawn is their personal toilet? Keep those unwanted visitors away.

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Brian Archer Draws Vancouver Makers in Their Natural Habitats

After attending a few local maker events, he was inspired to create his series, "You are what you make!"

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