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January 3, 2014
Hacking the CES Scavenger Hunt
It has just been announced that the this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will feature a promotional scavenger hunt based around Apple's iBeacon technology. Hypothetically speaking, what if you could win the hunt, without ever having to go to CES?
Reverse Engineering the Estimote
It's actually fairly hard to get your hands on an Estimote developer preview kit—as its still shipping in limited numbers—but I managed to get one of the early developer kits and, predictably, took one of the beacons apart.
Knife Switches, Patent Stamps, and Cats – Celebrating the New Year with Pratt’s Steam-Power
Revelers have been tooting in the New Year at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with steam-powered whistles since 1965. Here's a tour of the Engine Room that provides the whistles and a homemade calliope with their steam.
How to Build Your Own Carbonation Rig
Here's an excellent write-up on making a beverage carbonation system from Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bar manager of Clyde Common and drinks blogger extraordinaire. Jeffrey has published some delicious carbonated bottle cocktail recipes on his site, but he gets a lot of questions about the actual act of making them fizz.
January 2, 2014
More Death ray Lasers..?
Drake Anthony, perhaps better know as "the DIY Laser Guy" on YouTube, and his most terrifying creation yet. 
Bmore3D: Baltimore’s one-of-a-kind 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Store
Bmore3D started as a holiday 3D printing, 3D scanning, 3D modeling popup store in Baltimore. The store came together through a collaboration of Todd Blatt of Custom 3D Stuff, Michael Raphael of Direct Dimensions and ShapeShot, Baltimorean Graham Stewart, and Tinkerine Studio of Vancouver. With all of our expertise and connections in the 3D industry, we were able to put together an extremely comprehensive and exciting destination for both the typical consumer as well as the most tech savvy folks around.
Automated Mindstorms Battery Exchanger for Drones
This Lego Mindstorms robot automatically switches a quadrotor's battery pack, extending its flying time without the operator having to intervene.
LEDscape On Display at Maker Faire
Two projects featured at Maker Faire caught my eye because, well, I'm obsessed with LED displays right now. It turns out they have cool software in common.
January 1, 2014
Diresta: Pallet Toolbox
On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy uses simple joinery to repurpose a pallet into an old school toolbox.
The Year of 100 Maker Faires
2013 was a banner year for Maker Faire, with 100 events celebrating makers and engaging 530,000 people over 5 continents. 
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