Makerspaces: Aotearoa New Zealand: November 2017

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Making an Arduino-Driven, Automated Dust Collection System

Using cheap PVC sewer pipe, an Arduino, and a Servo Shield to create an automate dust collection system.

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Google’s new AIY Vision Kit Lets You Build And Hack Your Own Intelligent Pi-Powered Camera

Create low-power neural network applications, recognize objects, detect facial expressions, and more with the new AIY kit.

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Edible Innovations: Meet the Foodies of Maker Faire Bengaluru

Simona Granda, from Future Food Institute, travelled to Maker Faire Bengaluru to meet the assortment of food makers in attendance.

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Build Your Own Zoo with a Colorful Assortment of 3D Printed Animals

Da-eun "Eunny" Jun, a maker from South Korea, uses 3D modeling and printing to create colorful flat animals and other models.

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Maker Spotlight: Celeste Flores

Meet Celeste Flores, an entrepreneurial blacksmith who trained out of The Crucible makerspace after attending a fine arts school.

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Wednesday, 29 November 2017

April Wilkerson’s Workshop Gift Guide

A popular YouTube maker shares her suggestions for thoughtful shop gifts.

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Maker Faire Rome Welcomes Young Makers with Massive Kids Area

Maker Faire Rome, happening this weekend December 1–3, is gearing up to be a special show for kids of all ages.

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Manly Leg Lamp Puts a Twist on the Classic Christmas Story Light

This piece of art is a great take on the film's gaudy original, although I don't know that it'd be any less embarrassing for the rest of the family.

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Two Teens Restore a 1974 Super Beetle

Claire Nelson and her brother decided that they would buy and restore a 1974 Super Beetle all by themselves.

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Mad Science and Sterling Engines at the DTLA Mini Maker Faire

Witness a collection of art, virtual reality, electronics, robotics projects at DTLA Mini Maker Faire, a free Faire held in downtown LA.

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This Lego R/C Creation Is Just Plane Cool

Adam Woodworth's R/C creations bring whimsical aircraft and spacecraft to life as actual flying toys. His latest creation is a Lego airplane.

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Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Turning a Broken Terracotta Pot Shard into a Lovely Flower Pendant

Bobby Duke transforms a hunk of broken flower pot into a unique piece of pendant jewelry.

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Can You Adopt PlasmaBot?

If you like glowing, 7-foot tall glass robots, creator Wayne Strattman is looking for a new location to let his creation live.

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Finding Creativity In Constraint: Our Saudi Arabia Maker Camp Experience

A diverse staff of creators spent an amazing month in Saudi Arabia teaching a making/tinkering program to teenagers.

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Open World: Vigyan Ashram Is Fostering a Growing Maker Movement in India

Vigyan Ashram was the first Fab Lab outside MIT. They’ve long been a pillar of sustainable innovation and a hidden gem of the Maker Movement.

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Edible Innovations: ViRiDi Is Like Blue Apron for Gardening

Start your own indoor urban garden with ViRiDi, and discover the joys of watching plants grow. Your garden will be sustainable too!

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Monday, 27 November 2017

Alex, the French Cooking Guy, Feeds His Ramen Noodle Jones

How to make your own Chinese ramen wheat noodles and broth.

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Building Bots to Grind in Star Wars Battlefront 2

When games insist you do mindless tasks, assign them to a robot!

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Maker Pro News: Reviving Local Manufacturing, Mourning TechShop, and More

There’s talk, from local town meetings to the highest national policy circles, of how to revive the domestic manufacturing economy

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Sunday, 26 November 2017

This Week in Making: Holiday Gift Guide, DIY Tesla Coil, and One Big Crossbow

This week, check out our Make: Holiday Gift Guide, build a tiny Tesla Coil, or witness the power of one massive crossbow.

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Saturday, 25 November 2017

Weekend Watch: Blitz City DIY

A YouTube maker shares her explorations of electronics, coding and hacking, and nerd life in general.

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Catch ‘Em If You Can: Make Books Lightning Deals This Weekend

Several incredible maker related books will be on massive discount November 25-26, as part of Amazon's Lightning Deals initiative.

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Friday, 24 November 2017

How to Make Hexaflexagons with Vi Hart

The definitive guide to folding these fun, six-sided, foldable geometric model.

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Thursday, 23 November 2017

Craft This Turkey to Celebrate Gratitude on Thanksgiving

This arts & crafts project showcases everything you're grateful for on the feathers of a cute turkey.

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Here’s Where to Look for Black Friday Deals on Tools

Looking to buy some new tools for the holidays this year? This will help.

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Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Maker Faire Galicia Shines a Light on Community and Industry 4.0

A small sampling of the wonders that will be on display at Maker Faire Galicia this weekend.

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Understanding How a Watch Works

A mid-20th century industrial film explains how a watch works.

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It's Almost Time For Hour of Code

Hour of Code is coming December 4th-11 so be sure to take part in their online activities and let your local schools know how easy it is to join up. In addition this year I will be hosting a littleBits & Lego WeDo workshops after school for drop in activities. One of my favorite robots, Dash will probably make an appearance as well (shhhh don't tell Cozmo).

littleBits has been doing a great job putting educators and technology business reps together for webinars so be sure to become a part of their email list. I recently attended:

How to Host An Epic Hour of Code

They are also adding lots of content to their library community blog like this post from one of their Global Chapters including Educators Guide with lesson plans to help kick start your littleBits programming. One thing I took away from the webinar that I didn't know was Scratch is also making lesson plans to guide educators in using their products and hosting meetup groups for in person collaboration all over the US. It makes sense!

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“Death Star Dad” Returns With A Massive Millennium Falcon On His House

Behold this 28-foot Millennium Falcon that hovers over the roof of a neighborhood home. It's impressive...most impressive.

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Detect Lightning with a Simple Circuit

Lightning throws off all kinds of interference, and some of them are actually very easy to detect with just a circuit.

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Tuesday, 21 November 2017

E-Paper Hacking with Ben Krasnow

Exploring the latest generation of e-paper, how it works, and how you can program and hack the display.

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Capture Moving Timelapse Video with this Motion Control Camera Slider

The best way to take your timelapse videos to the next level is to have the camera move while it's capturing the video. It's tricky but can be done.

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Fat Brain Toys Announces Kidventor Winner

Check out Alexander, the winner of Fat Brain Toys's KidVentor contest. He created Aeropong, a ping-pong and tetherball hybrid.

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Edible Innovations: Transforming Food Waste into Fashion

These two entrepreneurs designed Orange Fiber, a textile that is made from orange peels that would otherwise be thrown into the trash.

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Monday, 20 November 2017

Finding and Processing Fatwood

Get your campfires started quicker and more easily using fatwood.

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If Your Local TechShop Closed, Here Are Some Resources For You

Find local groups, spaces, and programs

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New Report Heralds Makers as a Powerhouse for Local Economies

The maker community could be a key force in developing strong local economies during fraught financial times, according to a new report.

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Maker Pro News: Multi-Tasking Robots, Making that Matters, the Amazon Apparatus, and More

Last week saw some cool multi-tasking robots, creators who were making a difference, and startups struggling against Amazon.

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Open World: Bangalore’s Maker Scene

The Maker Scene could address the disparity between the need for affordable innovation and the drive for high tech development.

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This Week in Making: Parkour Robot, Video Game Papercraft, and Adam Savage Maker Box

This week, watch a robot do parkour, craft video game characters out of paper, or buy a box filled with tools handpicked by Adam Savage.

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Sunday, 19 November 2017

Maker Faire Shenzhen 2017 — It’s a Wrap!

It had been two years since my last Maker Faire Shenzhen, and I was thrilled to see the number of hands-on activities, female makers and their projects and families attending the event.

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My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community

We've heard from the community, and we're moving forward with an action plan.

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10 Projects from 10 Different Countries at Maker Faire Rome

For three days in a row, this year being December 1 through 3, makers from all over the planet convene at one of the largest DIY festivals in the world.

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Saturday, 18 November 2017

Weekend Watch: Tech-Nic-Allie Speaking

A young inventor shows off her clever creations and the tools and techniques she is learning.

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Friday, 17 November 2017

Tips of the Week: Workbench Saddle Bags, Safety Pin Slings, and the Value of a Portable Stick

Tips of the Week is our weekly peek at some of the best making tips, tricks, and recommendations we’ve discovered in our travels. Check in every Friday to see what we’ve discovered. And we want to hear from you. Please share your tips, shortcuts, best practices, and tall shop tales […]