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March 10, 2014

Pouring an Aged, Concrete Coffee Table

Acid stain concrete countertop This old-world, weathered piece features tool marks and a fantastic acid-stained patina.

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Published on March 10, 2014 16:34

Announcing our Third Flagship Maker Faire—London!

The gathering will join the Bay Area and New York Maker Faires as our largest events, and will help bring even more visibility to the engaged and active UK maker community.
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Published on March 10, 2014 15:52

Building a Plotclock-Inspired Line Following Bot

Screen Shot 2014-03-10 at 12.08.30 PM The robot guys over at MTRAS need a robot themed timer and found a brilliant solution by modifying a Plotclock.

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Published on March 10, 2014 12:12

March 9, 2014

Print the Legend: Exclusive First Look Preview

PTL_sq The first full-length 3D printing documentary, "Print the Legend" will make it's debut Sunday at SXSW Film as part of their Startup Alley programming focused on the intersection of entertainment and technology "shaping the means of viewing, sharing and producing content".

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Published on March 09, 2014 10:49

TI’s New LaunchPad and Cloud Connectivity with Exosite

ek-tm4c1294xl_connected_launchpad_side After Friday’s announcement of Texas Instruments’ new Tiva C Series TM4C1294 Connected LaunchPad, we were eager to talk our neighbors in the SXSW Create tent about the board. Their tweet-up yesterday afternoon provided the perfect chance to get a few more details on the $20 IoT-focused microcontroller and its cloud […]

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Published on March 09, 2014 08:15

StarBots Animatronic Kits: Another Kickstarter Success Story

StarBot Chrome Skull Animatronic What was the secret sauce in StarBots animatronic kits?

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Published on March 09, 2014 04:00

March 8, 2014

Calling All Austin Makers! SXSW 3D Printed Scavenger Hunt

make-coin If you're an Austin maker, come on down to SXSW Create, it's FREE and open to the public. Join the on-site scavenger hunt to win drones, books and kits!

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Published on March 08, 2014 14:27

Join FAA-Conquering Drone Lawyer Brendan Schulman in a Conversation with MAKE

SchulmanHeadshot Bring on the drones! This weekend MAKE has been taking to the air at SXSW, and along with our flight demonstrations, we’re excited to have a visit from drone lawyer Brendan Schulman, one of the foremost legal experts in the field of unmanned aircraft use who just won the first-ever […]

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Published on March 08, 2014 13:24

New Project: WAVEcopter: A Waterproof Quadcopter

wavecopter-improvements-4 WAVEcopter is a fully waterproof multicopter frame that I have constructed mostly from readily available and cheap electrical parts.

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Published on March 08, 2014 05:00

March 7, 2014

George Crowdsourcington: Distributing Large Scale 3D Print Jobs

georgecrowdsourcington “We the People of the Maker-verse, in order to form more perfect large-scale 3D printed sculptures, hereby establish this crowdsourcing website for the United Printers of the Maker-verse.” That text is emblazoned on the top of the site for We the Builders, a project by a team of 3D printing […]

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Published on March 07, 2014 16:31

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