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June 13, 2022
This High Tech Cardboard Tube Light Saber Is Probably Cooler Than Yours
As a kid in the age of Star Wars, there were few things as fun as a plain old cardboard tube. These paper constructions have been seen as make-shift light sabers since the late 1970’s and to this day you still find kids swinging them around and making the sound to go with them. Joel […]
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June 9, 2022
Wyoming’s Maker Access Pass
Tyler Kerr runs the Innovation Wyrkshop, a makerspace at the University of Wyoming. Largely because of COVID, state officials saw the potential for makerspaces in vocational rehab and developing skills in local communities. And so they are funding the build out of a network of makerspaces throughout the state. Tyler and his students set out […]
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June 7, 2022
When Patents Attack 3D Printing: The HangPrinter Is In Peril
Today I saw some sad news. Apparently, a patent has been rewarded to someone in the U.S. for the HangPrinter, someone who is not Torbjorn Ludvigsen, the original creator who released the project as Open Source back in 2014. Yesterday, Torbjorn shared on twitter that he has released a gofundme to help fight the legal […]
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Parametric Containers for 3D Printing in Blender
Using geometry nodes, this tool creates custom enclosures in a snap!
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June 6, 2022
Kitbashing Miniatures From Trash
Kitbashing, or making a model out of random other parts hacked together, is far from a new concept but this example is quite exquisite. The youtube Channel Bill Making Stuff is a particularly fun one that I enjoy watching, who does kitbashing all the time with impressive results. If there is one lesson to learn […]
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June 3, 2022
Makerspaces in Libraries in The Netherlands
The first ten years of this century Dutch public libraries moved their focus from collections to connections. Building makerspaces within libraries has been a central part of this change.
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June 2, 2022
Meet The Board Makers: KRTKL and Hackboard
These two companies are helping make your projects smart with FPGAs and SBCs
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Maker Spotlight: Mark Greenbaum
NameMark Greenbaum Where are you located?Watertown, MA What is your day job?Graphic Designer / Creative Director Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace?I recently found a place called Hatch makerspace in my home town and they helped me trouble shoot my Ender Pro 3D printer. They have a great little workshop and are super accessible and helpful. […]
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June 1, 2022
Maker Faire Torino Fights Planned Obsolescence
After year break and excited from celebrating the first 10 years since the opening of the first Fab Lab in Italy, Fab Lab Torino, Maker Faire Torino comes back with a new location, the Padiglione 3 of Torino Esposizioni. Designed byr Ettore Sotssass Sr and Pierluigi Nervi, this late 40s postindustrial, ferrocement jewel sits in […]
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A Quick Tour Of a Pop-Up Backyard Woodshop
When we moved into a new home, I needed to create a woodshop with level space, good air flow, room for power tools, and most of all, protection from the elements. I determined it would need to be 200 square feet. Unfortunately, local zoning doesn’t allow for a shed that large, or even a covered […]
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