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Kids, Engineering, and the Citizens of City X

The City X Project teaches problem solving using 3D printing by way of a fictional city on a distant planet.

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Maker Week for Teachers

[image error] We know teachers are the quintessential makers, because they are making the makers of the future. And the best teachers we know love to roll up their sleeves and take on do-it-yourself projects with their students. This week running up to Maker Faire, and over the weekend, we and our friends at […]

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A Shapeoko for Every State

[image error] Inventables’ Zach Kaplan is on hand at MakerCon to announce a program to bring their Shapeoko CNC mill to maker communities in all 50 states in the US.

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Another Path to 3D: ShopBot Tools Expands its Handibot CNC Unit

[image error] A year ago, ShopBot introduced a Handibot, a portable CNC tool. They also adopted an open philosophy that invited users to help push the new tool in new directions. This year, the ShopBot team brought the Handibot to MakerCon with two new accessories: a rotary tool and a five-access tool. […]

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Send Your Project into Space

[image error] Space is not just the final frontier. It’s the citizen-science frontier. And it’s getting easier to participate. Edward Wright, the founder and president of the United States Rocket Academy, and project manager of Citizens in Space, came to MakerCon to announce the new Lynx Cub Payload Carrier, which will enable […]

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Making Toys With Modio at MakerCon

[image error] I love toys. Who doesn’t? That might be why there has been a non-stop crowd around a little display full of custom action figures. We got to get a quick rundown of the Modio application to see what is going on. In short, Modio is a tool for building custom […]

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324 Dazzling Addressable LEDs on a Single Leather Vest

[image error] Dazzling is the word that comes to mind when you see the Pixeldelic Vest by artist, designer, and maker Joshua Hubert.

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GE Encourages Makers With FirstBuild

[image error] Walking around MakerCon, you never know who you will run into. Taylor Dawson was a pleasant surprise. He took a few minutes to tell us about Firstbuild.com. FirstBuild is a community site designed to help foster creativity and making. It focuses mainly on innovations around the house, like cooking, food […]

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Print an articulated Makey with just one file

[image error] We are days away from Maker Faire, but Bertier Luyt (President of Le FabShop and organizer of Maker Faire Paris) showed me his version of a Makey. Not only is it fully articulated, it’s just one file. Grab it over at Thingaverse. Print one out! Better yet, bring him over to Maker […]

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Nikon Photo Competition: Vote Now!

[image error] Vote for your favorite photo project in the Nikon Make: The Shot competition.

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