Wednesday 30 September 2015

Volunteer with Us at STEAM Nation!

Once again, CRASH Space will be participating in the annual STEAM Nation event, which is an opportunity for children (1st-8th grade) to get a taste for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM). We will have a booth where they can take apart old electronics, which has been a ton of fun in the past.


STEAM Nation 2014!

WHEN: 8am – 12pm, October 10th
WHERE: West Los Angeles College
QUESTIONS: Talk to Barb! (barb at paperstatic dot com)


Volunteer with Us at STEAM Nation!
Barb!

We’re also looking for old electronics for us to tear apart!
Please let Barb know if you have/know of any old ewaste we can use. You can drop things off at CRASH Space whenever someone is there (please leave a note that it’s for Barb/the event to simplify things). If you have things to donate, but can’t make it, shoot Barb an email and she may be able to pick it up.



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“Looping the Lake” on WPR

We mentioned Ben’s “Loop the Lake” project a few weeks ago, and yes.. he made it back! In fact, he was at Maker Faire Milwaukee talking about his adventure, and he just did an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio about the trip.

Want to hear more about it? Check out Ben’s interview on Central Time on WPR.



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Decks for Magic Card Tricks That You Can Make Yourself

trickDecksLearn how to make six classic trick decks and the magic you can make with with each in this new ebook.

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Inventions to Make Cardboard Construction Easier

I have come across two products that would make cardboard/recyclable construction creations (especially for younger kids) much easier without all that scotch tape, staples, and box cutters.


Strawbees securely connect to straws to allow them to move and build crazy contraptions. After watching the video, I was sold. The opportunities are endless: bridges, masks, even a lantern fish that actually works! They come in sets ranging from $20-$80 through their store with a $15 standard flat rate shipping. I bought the $40 box which includes 368 connector pieces.  Could I have printed out my own on a 3D printer? Possibly. I'll have to see when the kit comes in. We have LOTS of straws at the library that I discovered after cleaning the craft closet.  They could be left out on a makerspace cart for students to explore on their own time or built into an already designed program. This will be used in our Tinkering Tuesday STEM programs as well as our drop in building programs (which have integrated Lego club and STEM together by leaving out K-NEX, KEVA planks and other building materials in addition to Legos for wider appeal).  A case for strawbees is it could easily eliminate the need for building with food (think the marshmallow challenge, spaghetti challenge or toothpick challenges whatever you call them) while still learning design principles.



Makedo

The next one, shamefully, we have had in our craft closet for a while now and just rediscovered, Makedos. Makedo are "strawbees" for cardboard. Makedos also include tools like a safe cutter for cardboard (although a bit jagged finish). They got a makeover since we purchased them, with a new screw capability and a screwdriver tool.  The older models are being sold in kits on amazon or you can purchase the new screw kits through their store which range from $12.50-$480 as they are marketed to classrooms. They are also testing a free 3D printing gallery to make hinges and other items. Most of the programs I did this summer involving cardboard could have incorporated these. I could have had real working hinges on the car doors to swing shut in my Superhero Cardboard Drive In or "Lair" building project.


As part of the Global Cardboard Challenge, participants came together using Makedos to make a maze.  The challenge occurs every fall. It is set for October 10th this year, same as Star Wars Reads Day.



Imagine the possibilities together? Storm trooper cardboard costumes? Deathstar maze? Make your own Podracer? Then add electronics littleBits or arduino to make something light up or make noise? Say R2-D2 perhaps?


The one drawback to either of these items is what happens when the kids want to take their creations home? Based on the price, do we let them? If you had a ten kid program and gave them their own $12.50 Makedo kits it's only $125.00 for the entire program with the idea that kids could explore and create more at home. The alternative idea could be a $12.50 supply charge from the patron to fund the program. I'm going to say no for now but promise to display them somewhere prominently until I see sad faces that I cannot resist anyway. 








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Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station

Satnox-2We talk to the creators of SatNOGS, an open source and open hardware satellite ground station built using a 3D printer, off the shelf components, and $300.

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Use 10,000 Volts to Light Your Tiki Torch

spark-torch1This tiki torch uses super high voltage to ignite itself electronically.

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Library Takeover: Plans become reality for youth-led cultural programs

Today we are so pleased to present this article (the second of two – read part one here) on the Library Takeover program, organized by Apples and Snakes, a performance poetry group based in the UK (check out their awesome library-based SPINE Festival work in our previous series). This program pairs youth who are interested in producing events at libraries with creative professional mentors who work in arts administration and production to organize large-scale cultural programs in libraries. Enjoy! ~Laura

“I now have an idea of what it takes to host an event from marketing, financing, contracting and negotiating” Library staff, Waltham Forest

Library Takeover is an ambitious new programme, presented in partnership by Apples and Snakes and Half Moon Theatre, along with Waltham Forest Libraries and Croydon Libraries. The project aims to inspire and equip a new wave of young people and library staff to produce live events and promote library buildings as creative and cultural spaces for all.

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The Library Takeover teams, made up of three young people aged 11-18 years and three library staff, have been working tirelessly in recent weeks to put together an exciting programme of creative events for the public, which will take place in October 2015. With less than a month to go, plans are really shaping up and the excitement from the Library Takeover participants is palpable.

“I have learnt how to speak to, interact and email people on a ‘professional’ and formal scale” Young person, Waltham Forest

Under the guidance of independent arts producer and facilitator Maeve O’Neill, the team in the borough of Waltham Forest have devised an open mic night aimed specifically at young people. On Saturday 24 October, Urban Explosion will take over the stage at the newly refurbished Leytonstone Library, showcasing the beautiful new spaces available to Waltham Forest residents. Hosted by a local spoken word artist and headlined by an incredible grime musician, the young people and library staff are harvesting the talents of the borough to produce what promises to be a truly explosive night of poetry, acting, rap, spoken word, singing, comedy, and even dancing! So whether you want to sit back and relax, or get up and take the open mic, this one-off night is really not to be missed! Find all the event details here.

Planning for upcoming programs as part of Library Takeover.

Planning for upcoming programs as part of Library Takeover.

“I found the budget difficult because maths isn’t my strong point” Young person, Croydon

The library staff and young people have taken on the challenges of producing live events with great enthusiasm, sharing the roles and responsibilities to ensure a smooth running process. Two of the staff at Leytonstone are looking after the finances and budget of the event, whilst one of the young people has taken on the task of organising the design and production of print materials, including flyers and posters. On the other side of things, participants are working together to organise the technical and logistical details of the event, and even planning a building makeover!

“It’s been really good to learn about different ways to plan things – go about organising something from the start” Library staff, Waltham Forest

Meanwhile, in Croydon led by Half Moon Associate Artist Lucy Foster the Library Takeover team are heading up an adventurous journey into fashion wonderland, planning a series of literary fashion show events under the title Wear the Book: Words Meet Fashion. Over the course of three free workshops at Thornton Heath Library, taking place on Saturday 10 October, Saturday 17 October, and Saturday 24th October, participants will get the chance to work alongside a professional fashion designer to create costumes for the catwalk, inspired by their favourite literary tales.

The big unveiling of the designs will take place at the main Wear the Book event on Thursday 29 October, hosted by the fantastic poet Francesca Beard, who will also perform on the night. The audience will be encouraged to explore the different library spaces where the budding young designers will be strutting their stuff on the fashion runway, accompanied by soundscapes and readings from the works that have inspired them. As Thornton Heath Library is usually closed on Thursdays, this is a literal Library Takeover! Find all the event details here.

“The best bits were when all the planning and preparation turned into the final idea, and designs. It became very real, and I got very excited!” Young person, Croydon

Library Takeover is an Apples and Snakes project in partnership with Half Moon Theatre, Waltham Forest Libraries and Croydon Libraries. It is funded by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and Arts Council England. For more information about Library Takeover, visit the Apples and Snakes project page



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New Project: 3D Print the Ultimate Helping Hands for a PCB Workstation

3D Printed PCB WorkstationLearn how to 3D print and assemble your own PCB workstation for soldering and testing delicate electronics projects.

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Tuesday 29 September 2015

Day of Giving 2015

Once again the LVL1 Hackerspace is participating in the amazing Louisville Day of Giving non-profit event.  Last year we used this to help fund our move to our new space and this year we want to continue upgrading the infrastructure in this space and making ourselves at home.  There are electrical and insulation upgrades we’d […]

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Photos from: Stand with Ahmed Arduino Binary clock Workshop #IStandWithAhmed

Some of the photos from Stand with Ahmed Arduino Binary clock Workshop #IStandWithAhmed workshop 

 

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Workshop: How to peal a grape with a laser cutter – Sept 29, 2015 @5:30pm

What:

In this workshop we will be demonstrating how to vaporize the layer of skin from a grape without damaging the grape flesh using a standard off the self 80W laser cutter and a DC motor.

Why

This workshop is used to show some of the advanced features of the laser cutting software by importing custom hand made GCode. We hope to inspire people in to using the laser cutter and CNC’s in strange an exotic ways.

When: 

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, September 29, 2015

Who

Members with key access and laser cutting training.

Where:

Your friendly neighborhood hackspace

1715 cook st, #104

Workshop: How to peal a grape with a laser cutter – Sept 29, 2015 @5:30pm



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5 Great Wood Gluing Tips

glueTips_3Up your gluing game with these five handy gluing tips for joining wood.

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New Project: Preserve Data in a Mason Jar Using Raspberry Pi

Preserve Data in a Mason JarMake a custom Raspberry Pi enclosure to store family memories right next to your tomatoes.

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Coder Girl Hack Day

 We joined with CoderDojoGirls, Girls Hack Ireland, Intel Ireland and Coding Grace for an artsy themed coding hackathon to celebrate International Day Of the Girl and EU Code Week.

This is a one day event focusing on programming music, developing game apps and learning about hardware. The event is broken up into a number of tracks giving you the chance to pick someone that suits everyone.  If you’ve never coded before this is the right place to start! If you’ve coded before, betcha you’ve not programmed music using Sonic Pi or made a story-telling game with Fungus Games & Unity3D. It you like making physical objects you can pick the imaginative engineering.

In TOG, we have teamed up with Intel to run the imaginative engineering track. We will be focusing on making Hardware Hacks. We will be soldering up electronics, programming Galileos and making laser cut projects. No previous skills are necessary for this track.

 

Date: Saturday, 10 October 2015 from 10:00 to 16:00 (IST)

Location: DCU Innovation CampusOld Finglas Road, Glasnevin Dublin 11

Tickets: Below:Coder Girl Hack Day

Parents

This workshop is suitable for children aged 11-17. All under 18’s must be accompanied by a guardian. Guardians do not register for a ticket here. Parents who are interested will have the opportunity to learn Python on the day from Coding Grace.

 

What is Coder Dojo?

We hacked together a cool hangout that puts the real power of the internet and technology in the hands of the Irish youth. The true power of the net comes from coding, designing and having fun. CoderDojo is a place where you can learn from others and share what you are doing! Each week we have a hands on session with technologies like HTML5, App Development, PHP or Python. See https://coderdojo.com/.

What is CodingGrace?

Coding Grace are a group of developers based in Ireland who love to code and do other geeky and not necessarily crafty activities. Some of us code full-time, or just for fun (or both). We have people who are part of other technical user groups such as Dublin ALT.NET, GameCraft, Python Ireland, Ruby Ireland and more, We provide female-friendly workshops and events in an environment for developers and aspiring developers mentored by diverse instructors from the industry. See http://ift.tt/1zk0MqV.

What is Girls Hack Ireland?

Girls Hack Ireland is a program developed by The Insight Centre for Data Analytics (@insight_centre) with the aim of generating knowledge & interest among younger girls to pursue the academic disciplines of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects through creative, interactive learning. See http://ift.tt/1dAamlD.

TOG Dublin

TOG is a hackerspace based in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. It is a shared space where members have a place to be creative and work on their projects in an environment that is both inspiring and supportive of both new and old technologies. See http://www.tog.ie/

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Coin Cell Sized MetaWearC Packs Power to Target Wearables Market

Metawear Round SideSize, battery life, and communications are starting to converge towards the stage where the wearables objects are not just possible, but usable. The new MetaWearC board isn't just riding that trend, it's leading it.

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Lights Down, Pizza Ordered: Netflix Releases DIY ‘Movie Night’ Button

build_overview-978b66d20f102f2d7abf2bfd7c4c5d24bd3109d9c883e79907ae65cc3e4352e7Netflix's new DIY project allows you to dim lights, silence phones, order food, and then "Netflix and Chill" at the push of a button.

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A Peek At Who Wins Editor’s Choice Ribbons At Maker Faire

P1000144It is an honor to win a blue ribbon and any Maker that does should display it proudly.

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School’s In Session: 39 Lessons from the Make: Education Forum

Photo: Becca HenryThe five panels at the Make: Education Forum provided many quotable moments, and good lessons for parents or anyone working with students.

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The Grand Intimate: Public Art at Chapel Hill Public Library

A town with a public art mandate on town-financed building projects. A library with a big renovation. And an artist with a vision that drew on favorite childhood stories.  This fantastic project is one to bookmark! Enjoy– Erinn. 

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by Daniel Siler, Marketing and Communications Manager, Chapel Hill Public Library

4BF84DA6-A060-485B-9B1F-8DCD697E04D1There’s an interesting wrinkle to living in Chapel Hill. Any town-financed construction requires the developer to set aside 1% of the total cost of the project for works of public art.

That applied to the Chapel Hill Public Library’s renovation in 2013. Out of more than 230 proposals for new art works to grace the library grounds, two imaginative projects were selected.The Grand Intimate is a grouping of four larger-than-life, hand-carved sculptures depicting animals commonly found in literature.

To welcome the Turtle, Rabbit, Snake, and Frog, the Library commissioned the artist and his wife to illustrate an all-ages coloring book (see a screenshot below), and partnered with a local wildlife rescue organization to have actual animals on-site, and made space for a hands-on sculpting exercise where kids could take a whack at the same limestone from which the sculptures are carved.

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The morning started with an animal-themed story time, and the whole community joined in a grand unveiling ceremony. Kids have been crawling all over them and reading on them ever since.

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  • Project name: The Grand Intimate
  • Artist: Todd Frahm, Stone Cloud Studios, Asheville, NC
  • Medium: Indiana limestone
  • Method: Tool-assisted carving
  • Cost: $40,000
  • Fun fact: Each sculpture weighs about 4,400 lbs

Find additional background on this project, you can visit the Chapel Hill Public Library website; the Library’s Flickr set also has more excellent photos of the whole project.



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Monday 28 September 2015

BYOBots v15.09

A New Sensor to See Through Walls

The Walabot sensor board attached to a cellphone looking through drywall to find a hidden pipe.The Walabot is a new 3D imaging sensor that can detect movement and speed, see through walls, and analyze materials to tell you their composition.

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Board Game Night: Small World

Its that time again, first friday of the month! Board Game Night!

This Friday 2nd October starting from 6:3o pm the games we’ll be playing are Small World and Small World: UndergroundThis’ll be a family-friendly event, with the games recommended for ages 10 and above.

In Small World, players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small to accommodate them all.

Designed by Philippe Keyaerts as a fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci™, Small World is inhabited by a zany cast of characters such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and even humans; who use their troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push the other races off the face of the earth.

Picking the right combination from the 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers, players rush to expand their empires – often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory!

 

 



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Hear the Homemade Jet Engine Built by a High School Student

The intake side of the G1. (Photo: Rafe Needleman)At the World Maker Faire in New York, we saw Tomko demo his G1 home-built engine.

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Illuminate Your Desk with Thor’s 3D Printed Hammer

Mjolnir-1This beautiful lamp is modeled after Thor's Hammer, Mjölnir. The files are available on Thingiverse so you can print it yourself.

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Hatching Chicks in a Hacked Mini Fridge

inc-7This mini fridge was a free find from Craigslist, and now it's been upcycled and is home to some adorably recently hatched chicks.

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Hackover – CfP-Deadline, Engelsystem und Tickets

Liebe Parteigenossinnen und Parteigenossen,

der September neigt sich dem Ende zu und es haben sich ein paar Dinge in der Hackover-Planung getan.

Zuallererst beachtet bitte, dass der CfP am 31. September weich ausläuft. Wir haben noch ein paar freie Slots, können aber nicht garantieren, dass eure Einreichung nach dem 31. September beachtet wird. Tragt also bitte jetzt eure Einreichungen im Frab ein! Ob Talk, Workshop, Performance… alles ist gerne gesehen, auch längere Workshops, die mehr als 2 Stunden dauern.

Des Weiteren haben wir endlich seit gestern Abend ein Engelsystem. Ab sofort könnt ihr euch als Engel eintragen, ein paar Schichten wurden auch schon angelegt. Beachtet hier bitte, dass eure Shirtreservierungen nur bis zum 31. September beachtet werden, da wir dann die Bestellung rausschicken. Wir können nicht garantieren, dass ihr sonst ein Engelshirt bekommt. Die Shirts werden nach einer gewissen Anzahl an Schichten ausgegeben. Beachtet bitte außerdem, dass die Shirts in weiblich und männlich gegendert sein werden, ihr könnt dies in euren Profileinstellungen bei der Shirtgröße auswählen.

Außerdem neigen sich die Tickets langsam dem Ende entgegen, also klickt euch jetzt schnell eins. Abgesehen  davon werden Shirt- und Hoodiebestellungen auch nur bis zum 31. September entgegengenommen :)

Mit solidarischem Gruß,

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Sunday 27 September 2015

NASA Announces Winners of 3D Printed Habitat Challenge

Team #20, the Ice House. The winner of the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge.During Maker Faire Bay Area NASA announced a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3D printed habitat intended for deep space exploration. Today winners of the first stage of the competition were announced here at Maker Faire New York.

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My Favorite Toys at Maker Faire

robotkit2At Maker Faire, almost everything can constitute being a toy, as it all seems to delight and make me feel like a little kid.

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10 (of 100) Must-Learn Skills

100skills_7Popular Mechanics details 100 must-learn skills. Here are ten that makers should definitely know.

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A Snapshot of World Maker Faire: Dancing Dinos and Eyeball Fashionistas

WMFDay1-7Have you ever seen a cardboard dinosaur dancing with a 12 foot tall marching dixie band? Well, if you come to a Maker Faire, that's exactly the kind of stuff you see.

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Hands on with the RePhone, the Modular Wearable Cell Phone

RePhone-8On Tuesday Seeed Studio kicked off a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for their newest and hottest product, the RePhone, a modular open source cell phone. Today we got to go hands on with the hardware.

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The Eclipses of Maker Faire

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. (Oct. 27, 2004) - The moon turns red and orange during a total lunar eclipse. With the Earth passing between the sun and the moon, the only light hitting the full moon was from the home planet's sunrises and sunsets, resulting in the orange and red hue. The next total lunar eclipse won't be till March 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Scott Taylor (RELEASED)Tonight the Moon will enter Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse, which will be visible as attendees and maker stream away from sixth annual World Maker Faire here in New York.

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Saturday 26 September 2015

Exclusive: Ahmed Mohamed Races DeLorean Go Kart at World Maker Faire

Ahmed at the wheel of the "Hack to the Future" car from the HackPGH Power Wheels team. (Photo: Jordan Bunker)Clock-building celebrity Ahmed Mohamed had a super-concentrated Maker Faire experience this weekend in New York. He raced a DeLorean go kart, turned the crank on the life-size Mouse Trap game, flew some drones, and got smiles from everyone he met.

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Dremel Debuts Its Newest Tool: Help for Honing Your Craft from Concept to Market

Dremel's Newest Tool: Help for Honing Your Startup DreamsDremel's new 'Chief Makers' have a purpose: Guide you through the Maker process — from product conception and even to new company.

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The Intensely Calming Vibrations of Gamelatron

P1000084 (Medium)This robotic display mixes traditional gamelans with modern robotics. The result, the Gamelatron, is entrancing and intense.

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Maker Faire Attendees Get First Crack at Glowforge’s Desktop Laser Cutter

grey@glowforgeVisitors to the Glowforge booth at Maker Faire can watch the 3D laser printer cut and engrave their drawings to make a keepsake.

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PlasmaBot: World’s Coolest Marionette

PlasmaBot is a larger than life robot marionette made hand-blown glass tubes and noble gasses.

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ARPA-E Giving Millions for Innovative Energy-Saving Solutions

rocoAdvanced Research Projects Agency-Energy is funding a myriad of energy programs that Makers and research facilities can participate in.

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Print in Braille, and Other 3D Printing Announcements from World Maker Faire

Parts-setAs the 2015 Faire kicks off this year at the New York Hall of Science, here are some of new developments in fabrication rolling out.

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Can’t Make it to World Maker Faire? Don’t Miss Our Live Stream!

Robot ResurrectionOur World Maker Faire live stream will keep you up to date on what's happening right now here at the New York Hall of Science.

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Friday 25 September 2015

Qualcomm Snapdragon, DragonBoard 410c Fire Up at World Maker Faire

Qualcomm's DragonBoard 410cThe chipmaker's efforts signal a serious strategic bet — that Makers will play an out-sized role in big new markets.

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Hacking on the Pebble Smartstrap

The Survival Strap (Image: 23rd Studios)The smart watch market is heating up. However perhaps the most intriguing thing about Pebble's new hardware platforms is the smart accessory port, which will let you build a smartstrap for your smart watch.

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Upon This Brick… Details of the Lego Vatican Build

legoVatican16A Pennsylvania priest spends nearly a year and uses half a million bricks to create a Lego Vatican to celebrate the Pope's US visit.

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$2000 Robot Arm Kit Offers Trainability, Ultra High Precision

HDRobotArmThis robotic arm has a super computer for a brain and is available right now.

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Robot Head Restraint to Save Racers’ Necks

KrisWearingMechaneknew technology is saving racer's necks, literally. This device can help avoid damaging whiplash without sacrificing mobility.

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