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Reinventing The Radical + Ridiculous At Maker Faire Eindhoven

Wacky, whimsical, technical, philosophical, and just plain fun, Maker Faire Eindhoven returns to the city center this weekend with something for everyone.

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The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum: Running Maker Camp All Year Round

As our summer Maker Camp programs wrap up for 2022, The Maker Camp team wants to highlight some of the amazing programs hosted by Campsites. Today, we’re celebrating The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum in Bloomsburg, PA. Here are some thoughts from Director, Ginny Weibel, PhD. In 2022, the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum entered its 8th year of […]

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Maker Faire Rome Returns For The 10th Year, October 7th

Maker Faire Rome has been a shining star in the European Maker Faire experience. I’ve personally attended a few times and I can tell you that it is quite impressive. Over the past ten years they have evolved in a few ways, growing and trying new things. During the pandemic they went to a quasi […]

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The Wherewithal to Change Things Through Making

I’d like you to meet Amy Zell – mother, librarian, grief counselor, and maker. In this episode, she talks about the power of making to change things, to change people. She credits Casey Shea, a Sonoma County maker educator with telling her about “maker empowerment” at the Fab Institute in Pittsburgh in 2018. She understood […]

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Elecrow CrowPi L: Chromebook Killer for Creatives?

When the Raspberry Pi first launched, it promised a $35 computer for the masses. But what does “computer” really mean? After HDMI cables, SD cards, power supplies, keyboards, mice, monitors – even if you already have some of that stuff – you’re probably looking at a several hundred dollar outlay, minimum. And in the early […]

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Enter The Multiverse At Maker Faire Prague 2022

Discover a multiverse of makers in Prague's famous Market Hall! 2022 marks the 5th edition of Maker Faire Prague, which continues to reveal the astounding variety of technical skill and creativity across the Czech Republic.

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How To Make Syncronized LED Disney Mouse Ears

These light-up Mickey Ears show neopixel animations and sync with other ear hats for the ultimate Disney group attire! The sync is made possible with the Micro:bit’s internal radio to broadcast different animation modes. We designed animations to match the attractions across the park so we could really get into the theme of each ride. […]

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Arduino IDE 2.0 Goes Gold

When the project that would eventually be named Arduino started evolving in the early 2000s, their goal was to make microcontrollers more accessible to non-engineers. So in addition to an easy-to-use dev board, they needed something more approachable than the complicated toolchains required by their professional-focused contemporaries. They solved this by creating a simple IDE […]

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MacGyver Maker Challenge: Wildfire Escape

Think you could MacGyver your way out of a dangerous situation?  Welcome to Make:’s new MacGyver Challenge — solve this emergency scenario in a creative way and your solution could be featured in the next issue of Make: magazine! Written by MacGyver TV creator Lee David Zlotoff and his partner in predicaments, Rhett Allain, here’s […]

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Maker Spotlight: Donald Edward Moore

Name Donald Edward Moore Where are you located? Long Beach, Ca W hat is your day job? retired Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? No, I would if I found one locally. What kinds of stuff do you make? bicycles How did you get started making stuff? I am self-taught. What is something that you’ve made […]

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