Monday 30 April 2018

Hobby Ergonomics for Painting Miniatures and Other Small Objects

The basics on maintaining good posture and reducing back, neck, and hand fatigue after hours of close-up painting.

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Get to Know Your Fire Extinguisher with This Handy Chart

Did you know that you can buy more than one type of fire extinguisher? Take a moment to familiarize yourself with each of their individual uses.

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Maker Pro News: How DIY Entrepreneurs Share Knowledge and Resources

This past week, maker professionals were all about hardware, environmental awareness, and new ways to fabricate.

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Saturday 28 April 2018

Weekend Watch: Erin Kennedy’s Robot Mission

RobotGrrl is a robot missionary, intent on helping to understand and improve the environment through robotics.

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Friday 27 April 2018

Tips of the Week: FaceTime Helpers, Opening a Box (DiResta-Style), Going for Read, Not Reality

Here is your weekly dose of inspired tips from top makers.

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This Unique Take on LED Cubes Uses Glass

LED cubes, while fascinating, aren't particularly new. We've seen quite a few of them. However, this one, made by Instructibles user mosivers, adds a new twist.

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Thursday 26 April 2018

How to Upgrade Your Florescent Shop Lights to LED

Chris Notap changes the T8 florescent lights in his shop to LED bulbs.

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Add Some Flair To Your Veneer Repair

A quick and simple repair using iron-on strips of wood

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Projects You Absolutely Can’t Miss at Maker Faire UK

Each year the number and variety of makers has grown, as has the community support.

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Create Beautiful Pixelated Shadows with this Rainbow Lightbox

The Rainbow Lightbox uses an array of mylar tubes to create beautiful pixelated shadows of color and light. It's pretty fun to play with!

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Wednesday 25 April 2018

Raining Blood? Drone-Flown Vital Fluid Network Proposed for Palo Alto

If implemented, this network can deliver supplies from a blood bank to the hospital in minutes.

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YouTube Celebrities are Coming to Maker Faire

You've seen them on YouTube, now catch these successful video producer celebrities at Maker Faire Bay Area!

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Vandals Crack Open Dockless Scooter, Discover Particle Electron Board Inside

Another real-world use case of maker-friendly technology: e-scooter rentals.

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Ultimaker Releases New Printer And Announces Partnerships At Rapid

Ultimaker unveils new S5 3D printer targeting professionals and announces partnerships with industry leading materials manufacturers.

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Watch Robots Attempt to Assemble Ikea Furniture

Is there a future where our Ikea furniture will be put together by machines of loving grace?

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Tuesday 24 April 2018

Exploring Successful Innovations at HardwareCon

HardwareCon is a two day celebration where entrepreneurs reinforce the message that "Hardware is hard, but it's getting much easier."

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What Can You Make with a Single Sheet of Plywood?

The Modern Maker Podcast, in partnership with Rockler Woodworking, announced they're doing a woodworking video challenge where contestants can only use one sheet of plywood.

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Maker Pro News: Maker Pros Around the World

Around the world, maker pros like David Lang, are making waves. David is the co-founder of OpenROV and author of “Zero to Maker." He's re-launching Open Explorer!

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Monday 23 April 2018

Alex Makes His Own Chef’s Knife

One of our favorite cooking geeks forges his own knife from a coil spring.

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5 Projects And A Contest to Inspire Your Environmental Awareness

Low-cost advanced technologies, especially the open source hardware & software, enable almost everyone to get involved to show support for environmental protection. To celebrate Earth Day 2018, Seeed and hackster.io have launched an Earth Day contest to encourage the community to make & share projects that benefit the planet! The contest […]

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SwissMak Hopes To Bring 5 Axis Milling And Turning To The Desktop

5 axis + Turning on your desktop would be awesome. Can they pull it off?

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Sunday 22 April 2018

Weekend Watch: Exploring Electronics with TestCase TV

Learn electronics from a patient and laid-back teacher who wants to share what he knows in a supportive, open-education environment.

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Friday 20 April 2018

Tips of the Week: Special Kitchen Hacks Edition

This week, we look at tips, tricks, and tools to help out in a workshop that most of us make in every day, the kitchen.

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This Stunning Roman Inspired Helmet is Entirely 3D Printed

Printing in steel allows for a beautiful finish

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Thursday 19 April 2018

A Maker Builds Her Dream Shop

YouTube maker star, April Wilkerson, designs and builds her own workshop.

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Giant Sculptures and Kinetic Art Come to Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

One of our favorite parts of Maker Faire Bay Area are the spectacular displays of giant art and massive kinetic sculptures.

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Tuesday 17 April 2018

Building a Raspberry Pi-Based VR Gaming Rig for Vintage Doom

Clem Mayer creates a VR rig for an immersive experience of the classic video game Doom.

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MakerBot Launches New Educator Certification Program

MakerBot announces new certification program for educators helping to give them the tools to create curriculum to bring 3D printing int o the classroom.

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Design and Construct Your Own Tiny Actuators

Sean Hodgins takes a few moments to show a great example on how to make your own actuators.

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Monday 16 April 2018

Open World: Why Are We Makers?

What does it even mean to be a maker, to run a makerspace, or to participate in the Maker Movement?

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Maker Pro News: When A Startup Demands Everything

Read this harrowing tale of maker pros who put everything, down to their bank accounts and homes, into a startup they believed in.

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Sunday 15 April 2018

Weekend Watch: The Clever, Crazy World of Maker Graz

Maker Graz brings his unique and wack-a-doodle sensibilities to project videos.

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