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October 22, 2013
The Social (Drone) Network
Can aerial drones have a positive impact on our society? Some people are betting they can, and are putting their money where their mouth is.
The 3rd Annual Atlanta Mini Maker Faire: This Saturday!
More than two years after creating and hosting the first Atlanta Mini Maker Faire, I'm going back for the third annual show this Saturday, and I'm extremely excited to see how it's grown. It's free to attend and takes place on Georgia Tech's beautiful campus, so there's really no reason not to come.
October 21, 2013
Refill a Water Bowl with the Pet Water Warden and Weekend Projects
Use an Arduino, MakerShield, and ethernet shield to build an automatic water dispensing system to fill up your pet's water bowl while you're away. The sensors connected to the circuit know when the bowl is low - and filled - with water, and it can even tweet when the reservoir runs out!
Making an Ocean Wave Energy Converter
This is part one of a 10-part series about the trials and tribulations of building a wave energy converter. Throughout the project, our mission has always been to promote the idea of ocean energy and share our designs with the maker community.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Automate Your Haunted House With a Motion Sensor
When working with special effects, the most important part is timing. So for this Halloween, I am doing a series of projects that use simple DIY sensors to help you automate your Halloween setup. So far we have covered pressure plates and proximity sensors. This week, I am going to show you how to use motion sensors to activate your special effects.
Recapping a Big Weekend for Bay Area Mini Maker Faires
The Bay Area Maker Faire season ended on a high note this weekend with fairs in Santa Rosa and Oakland. The kid-centric fairs were packed and drew makers from across the Bay Area and beyond. Here's a look at what went down in photos. 
The Art of Engineering Costumes with Nicole Magne
Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada-based artist Nicole Magne makes some of our favorite Halloween costumes on the web. Her fun, innovative designs are a perfect blend of art and engineering, and she revels in a good challenge.
Creating a Knitting Needle Hypercube Shadow
There has been lots of making going on at MoMath lately, which we'll take a look at over the next few posts. Recently, one of our Math Encounters speakers needed a projection of a hypercube into three dimensions as part of a demonstration. So we used Great Stella 4D to make a nice projection in general position, in which no two vertices coincide in three dimensions, and then used the measuring tool in the program to get the edge lengths.
Shapeoko 2 Milling Machine Launches Today
Shapeoko promised a $300 desktop CNC mill, and the first version delivered. The Shapeoko 2 goes on pre-sale today.
The Smallest Printing Company
Design studio Letterproeftuin created this adorably wee, but fully functional, printing installation called The Smallest Printing Company to produce small posters and books for the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival Chaumont 2013. 
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