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October 8, 2013
Scientific Mom at Ignite Phoenix
Amy Oyler, The Scientific Mom, and her daughter have learning adventures. Tune in to Phoenix Ignite on Oct. 18th 2013, at 6:30 pm (MST) to hear about their day spent as beekeepers. There are 18 speakers in all. The event will be streamed live on the front page of Ignite Phoenix.
UAV Design Challenge for Wildlife Conservation
Posting at O'Reilly Animals, Edie Freedman let me know about the Wildlife Conservation UAV Challenge: build a drone to help stop rhino poaching, and you could win as much as $25,000 and get to fly your drone in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
All New Urban Sensor Hacks Hangout Today, 10/8 at 3:30pm PT
Welcome to week three of our Urban Sensor Hacks series of live hangouts with Master Makers who are doing amazing things in environmental data collection using off-the-shelf and open source technology. 
When did you First Discover MAKE?
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
Maker Faire Comes to the Netherlands
Groningen's second Mini Maker Faire is set for Oct. 12.Makers from The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium will all get together in the Ebbingekwartier of the student city of Groningen. Visitors can try their hands on making with tens of workshops, listen to maker talks and watching the spectacular Maker Challenge (think Scrapheap Challenge).
Great Galloping Robots: Muybridge’s Horse vs. Boston Dynamics’ WildCat
I'm pretty sure whoever edited this recent video from Boston Dynamics showing their Wildcat robot prototype galloping across a parking lot had Muybridge's work of 120-odd years ago in mind, especially during the slow-motion sequence starting around 1:04. When I saw the video this morning I was struck by the parallels and decided to animate them side-by-side. 
The Web Developers are Coming?
Today I spent the day somewhere where you might not think to find makers: the Great British Node Conference. For those of you who haven't come across it yet, node.js is a server-side solution for JavaScript—it's an event-driven Javascript platform which does non-blocking I/O—and is rapidly gaining popularity, and mindshare amongst the web communit
Custom Cookie Cutters
Make your own custom shaped cookie cutters two ways: either traditional aluminum or vacuum formed plastic.
October 7, 2013
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates
One of the best parts of a haunted house is the automated special effects. To make sure that the effects are well timed, you need sensors to detect where your guests are in the haunted house. Over the next few weeks I am going to show you a variety of simple sensors that you can use to automate your Halloween setup. This week I am going to show you how to make a simple DIY pressure plate switch to automate your haunted house.
Vocoder – A Holy Grail Project
Recently, a visitor to the Music From Outer Space Facebook page remarked on the latest project to come out of MFOS, the MFOS - 12 Channel Vocoder. He called it one of the "Holy Grail Projects," and I have to say he's right.
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