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October 28, 2013
Southern Smart and Friendly: Atlanta’s Maker Faire
The Atlanta Mini Maker Faire surrounded the Tech Green at Georgia Tech on Saturday, attracting an estimated 10,000 attendees to see rockets, robots, steampunk, 3D printers, woodworking, kinetic sculptures, art bikes, lawnbots, a mobile makerspace and much more. 
October 26, 2013
Make the World: Prosthetics Build Party
Adafruit Industries just hosted the final session of their Make The World: Prosthetics Program. To help out, Matt Stultz of 3D Printing Providence put together a build party at AS220 Labs with 19 local 3D printers to make prosthetic hands for those in need.
Building the Perfect Sand-Art Pen
Austrian couple Benedikt Wurth and Rosi Binder have built the ideal sand art pen. Unlike sand pens already in existence, the Sand-Pen has a button which engages the built-in motor, allowing the sand to flow freely. Holding the pen close to a surface achieves fine line, while pulling the pen farther away gives a wider, more airbrushed look. I spoke with Benedikt about treehouses, tools, and his design process.
October 25, 2013
Father/Son Sugar Rocket Madness
Earlier this month we followed William Gurstelle’s instructions to build the Homemade Sugar Rockets featured in MAKE Volume 35 (The Danger Issue). We failed, learned, failed some more, learned some more, and through persistence had great success and improved the recipe to our liking, and hopefully to yours, too. I hope the following notes on the process will help you with this fast, easy, and super-fun project.
Maker Pro Newsletter – 10/24/13
“Market research is a full-contact sport.” From the editors of MAKE magazine, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Click here to subscribe […]
Weekend Projects HOA – Easy LED Color Organ LIVE NOW
Join us at the scheduled hangout time to watch LIVE as we talk with Akimitsu "The LED Artist" Sadoi about his LED color organ projects, and demo our own build of his circuit on solderless breadboard.
Weekend Projects HOA – Easy LED Color Organ LIVE NOW at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET
Join us at the scheduled hangout time to watch LIVE as we talk with Akimitsu "The LED Artist" Sadoi about his LED color organ projects, and demo our own build of his circuit on solderless breadboard.
Attention Shoppers: Makers@theMint is Coming to SF
Makers are taking over the historic Mint in downtown San Francisco on November 23-24. Coming right before Thanksgiving and the holiday season, Makers@theMint is a pop-up retail event featuring unique handcrafted goods and other maker merchandise. Makers will turn the old Mint into a giant maker department store. There will be a technology pavilion showcasing the latest technologies in and other pre-production prototypes.
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