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October 25, 2022
Three California Women Makers Who Have Started New Kit Businesses
CARRIE SUNDRA is the founder of Alpenglow Industries in San Luis Obispo, California. She grew up on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, then attended Harvey Mudd College where she proudly scored a 19 on her first electrical engineering exam. NANCY OTERO is a Mexican-American entrepreneur, dancer, mother, and educator in Oakland, California. […]
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Three MakeyBit Projects To Haunt Your Halloween
Hi everyone! My name is Cecilia Hillway and I like combining art and technology. Today I will be talking about how you can use the new MakeyBit Adventure Board to make some spooky Halloween projects. For these projects, I chose to use the Microbit microcontroller with the MakeyBit. The Makeybit is such a fun-looking board […]
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October 24, 2022
A Simple Technique to Add Lights to Masks and Props
Buying a mask at the Halloween store is fun, but very few store-bought masks include lights. It’s a good thing we’re makers and can fix that! In this quick tutorial, Natasha from TechnoChic shows how to add a simple circuit to any mask so that it can light the night. The trick is to create […]
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October 22, 2022
Get Curious At Maker Faire Milwaukee
The maker spirit is alive and well this weekend at Maker Faire Milwaukee, which sets up at its new home in the Discovery World Museum with newbie makers and veterans, young, old and everything in between.
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October 21, 2022
Enter Arrakis: The Fastest Sand Table In The Galaxy
Arrakis is robotic coffee table that draws beautiful patterns in sand while you watch. Unlike others seen on youtube, this table can draw at up to 2000 mm/sec. No time lapse necessary!
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TinyCircuits Tiny TV 2 is a Teeny Televisual Triumph
TinyCircuits are no strangers to crowdfunding, with successful campaigns going back as far as 2015’s TinyDuino, and as recent as last year’s keychain-sized console Thumby. They have even offered a tiny TV before, so what makes their latest Kickstarter campaign unique? We went hands-on with a pre-production prototype to find out! The original Tiny TV […]
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October 20, 2022
The Biggest Family Friendly DIY Festival in Egypt Kicks Off
TWITTER I FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I WEBSITE It’s hard for an individual to flash back to 2020 and expect what can possibly happen for the following couple of years. Even harder to reflect on the past and never mention COVID these days! But proving the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s adage that “what does not kill […]
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October 19, 2022
Electroplating 3D Prints For Perfect Faux Chrome
One of the biggest complaints of 3D printing in the home is that it can’t do shiny metal prints, unless of course you have some super expensive metal printer. However, as Hen3drik shows us, there is a way to take a normal print from your typical resin based MSLA machine and make it look fully […]
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October 14, 2022
Maker Faire Philly Busts Myths And More This Weekend
This Saturday at the Independence Seaport Museum, Maker Faire Philly gathers to celebrate makers and creators.
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Spooky Music To Level Up Your Halloween Decor
Halloween is fast approaching, and what better way to weird out your neighbors and spook your guests than some creepy theremin music. A staple of suspenseful soundtracks and low rent sci-fi, this electronic musical instrument is controlled without physical contact by the musician.
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