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October 17, 2013

What Are Your Favorite Last-Minute Halloween Costumes?

A spike through your stomach. Classic. The greatest last-minute Halloween costumes hit the trifecta: quick, cheap, and easy. We want to hear from you, esteemed MAKE reader: what are the best last-minute Halloween costumes you've seen? Please share ideas in the comments section of this post.

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Published on October 17, 2013 17:06

Cincinatti’s First Mini Maker Faire: This Saturday!

wp_lawn_city_flea Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire is starting off it's first year with a bang. Situated in Cincinnati's beautifully renovated Washington Park in the historic Over The Rhine district of downtown , visitors will find excitement and wonder at every corner.

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Published on October 17, 2013 16:34

Spooky Blinking Eyes

Screen Shot 2013-10-17 at 3.30.35 PM This is a trivial little project to create the appearance of something carnivorous... lurking in the dark... with intent. Half a dozen of these in the bushes or windows gives some creepy background ambiance.

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Published on October 17, 2013 15:44

Toronto Rocks the Mini Maker Faire

DSC_0104 Toronto-based artist and maker Stephanie “Von Awesome” Avery reports on the city's second ever event.

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Published on October 17, 2013 14:18

Making History Live Again With 3D Technology

kruzof-1-2 One of the essential qualities of 3D technology that I most love is its versatility. We’ve already found a multitude of uses for it. And with all the creative people on the planet, we will continue to find more unique, whimsical, pioneering ways to exercise it. 3D technology really is a blank sheet, a flashpoint from which we can conceive of projects as spectacular as the tools themselves. Best of all, just as paint and canvas have not met their limit, I don’t think 3D will either. That’s a status that many new, openly available technologies and toys can’t claim, as so many are meant for specific uses. But 3D is meant simply to inspire.

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Published on October 17, 2013 10:43

Halloween Bats from Wine Corks and Aluminum Cans

dsc02148 What do you do with all of those left over wine corks and beer cans from a summer of fun? Turn them into Halloween bats that fly around your house for your special party!

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Published on October 17, 2013 09:36

Ethan Schlussler’s Handsome Treehouse is Nearly Complete

Ethan Schlussler is making steady progress on his northern Idaho treehouse — you may recall the bicycle-powered treehouse elevator post I put up about a month ago. He sent me some photos of the build process. Did I mention he mills all his own lumber?

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Published on October 17, 2013 07:00

October 16, 2013

Don’t Miss The Urban Sensor Hack Conclusion: Exciting Project Demos

IMG_0002.CR2 Tomorrow, October 17th, at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT, join us for the final live hangout of Urban Sensor Hack. This will be an engaging broadcast, as members of our participating teams will share their projects with the Make community.

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Published on October 16, 2013 19:31

Happening Halloween Hangout Today at 5pm PT

image Today, Oct. 17 at 5pm PT, we host our third Maker Camp Halloween hangout on air. This week we're going to explore scary masks and creepy makeup.

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Published on October 16, 2013 17:13

Happening Halloween Hangout Tomorrow at 5pm PT

image Tomorrow, Oct. 17, at 5pm PT we host our third Maker Camp Halloween hangout on air. This week we're going to explore scary masks and creepy makeup.

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Published on October 16, 2013 17:13

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