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January 28, 2014
Father and Son Have a Blast with Custom Raygun Build
NYC-based MAKE community member Genji Siraisi and his son Desmond had a lot of fun building and modifying the Raygun Vector Weapon project from MAKE Volume 35.
SYN Shop: Hacking in Downtown Las Vegas
Whenever I'm visiting a city, I try to arrange my trip to visit the local hackerspace. This past week I was in Las Vegas, touring Zappos and the Downtown Project and a visit to SYN Shop, the Las Vegas hackerspace was high on my list.
Joey Hudy to be a Guest of Honor at Tonight’s State of the Union Address
Sixteen-year-old Joey Hudy has been invited to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama as one of her guests of honor at tonight's State of the Union Address. What will Obama say about Joey and makers?
MakerBot Partners with Dell, as 3D Printing Moves into the Office
In a move that signals that 3D printing is moving closer to the mainstream, Dell announced that it will soon be offering MakerBot Replicator 3D printers and scanners to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S.
Scout Transatlantic: When is a Failure not a Failure?
For the team of young boat builders behind Scout Transatlantic, failure was definitely an option. Although they fell short of their goal to send an unmanned boat all the way across the ocean, things have worked out pretty well for the team.
Fully Motorized Lego Astromech Droid
Vimal Patel's Star-Wars-inspired Lego robot rolls around, rotates its head, busts out a manipulator arm, and even deploys the 3rd leg, which is the oft-ignored gold standard of astrodroid recreations.
January 27, 2014
G33k Xmas, Hopefully Coming to a Town Near You
Read about this gathering of self-professed 'geeks' exchanging wares: G33k Xmas recently celebrated it's 10-year anniversary.
Todd Schlemmer’s 3D-Printed Cameras
What better way to make the ultimate pinhole camera than to print one? Todd Schlemmer designed his PINHE4D camera to shoot 35mm film, using Tinkercad to create the files and a Printrbot Plus to output.
January 26, 2014
Wooden Espresso Machine Case Mod
Mark Hendrickson from Melbourne, Australia found a cheap espresso machine at a garage sale and modded it to become a shot-pulling masterpiece.
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