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November 22, 2013
Piano Pinball and Mini Theatrical Facades at Sydney’s First Maker Faire
Over 50 Australian makers are coming out for Sydney's first Maker Faire this weekend at the Powerhouse Museum. Highlights include the "Mini Theatrical Facades" by artist Cliff Simcox, the Pinball Pianola by Sydney artist Lucas Abela, robots from Sydney Robot Workshop, and the "Wheelie Big Bin" boombox.
Reflow Oven That Signals When It’s Done
Ray Wang's modified his reflow toaster oven with a temperature probe controlled by an Arduino Pro, as well as an automatic door opener and auto-activating fan to reduce cool-down time. 
November 21, 2013
New Project: Potted Plant Protector
Build a digital guardian for your favorite plants! Using an Arduino and a few inexpensive sensors, you can keep your plants extremely happy with the proper amount of moisture, warmth, and light.
Got a Great Photo/Video Project?
We're in the midst of our planning for MAKE Volume 38, which will have a themed section focusing on photo and video. Do you have a great project you want to share with the MAKE community? Is there a new trend in photo/video you'd like to see us cover? We're all ears.
Behind The Kickstarter Scenes with E&M Labs
MAKE invited me to post a "behind the scenes" for how our current Kickstarter project for our catapult and ballista is going: how we designed the siege engines, planned for our production costs and timing, and what launching on Kickstarter actually looked like for us. 
Animatronics Kits for Learning
I just stumbled across the Star★Bot animatronic platform kit out of the community of makers in Florida. It's designed for kids to "create animatronic robots and learn microcontrollers, mechanics and papercraft." Its Kickstarter campaign ends in a few hours! Pat Starace developed the kits at FamiLAB "Central Florida’s provider of space, tools, and community for creative technical learning and projects." (All the organizers for the Orlando Mini Maker Faire met at FamiLAB.)
10 Cool 3D Printed Objects
From the pages of MAKE's Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014: Amazing 3D printed objects and art!
Making it in China
Right after the overwhelming experience of Maker Faire Rome I left Europe for a week a quick tour in China. There are a lot of cool things happening there. I'd been to China twice before for a very short time so this time I wanted to spend a few days to meet with people and take part in some cool events going on in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
A New WiFi Board Appears: Introducing the WildFire
Meet WildFire, an Arduino-compatible board for serious network and Internet-connected applications by our friends at Wicked Device, now available in the Maker Shed. Thanks to WildFire's onboard TI CC3000 Wi-Fi module, the increased memory size of the ATmega1284p processor and a MicroSD Card slot, you can create applications with larger data requirements and greater I/O needs than most internet-connected Arduino projects.
November 20, 2013
Maker2Maker Aims to Bring Makers Together
My primary goal for creating the Maker2Maker online community is to provide a place where anyone could go to find makers (whether for collaboration or commissions) or share their own skills with others.
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