Wednesday 28 February 2018

The Faces of Maker Faire Kuwait

A sand sculpture of a mosque, a beach cleaning robot, an underwater robot for monitoring oil spills in the ocean, wooden models of the traditional sailing boat known as a dhow, a proof of concept for an air conditioner that uses ceramic tiles to reduce the amount of electricity used […]

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Tuesday 27 February 2018

Replicating an Ancient Pump Drill

Chris from Clickspring recreates the type of push drill that was likely used to fabricate the ancient Antikythera Mechanism .

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Learn How To Read Capacitors

Engineering.com recently released a great guide for reading markings on capacitors. Check it out if you haven't seen it already!

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Feel Weight In Virtual Reality with this Transforming Controller

Giving players a greater sense of weight and touch is a hot topic in virtual reality right now. It only makes sense that makers would jump at the problem.

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Monday 26 February 2018

11 Chef Skills Learned While Making Fresh Lasagna

Alex makes fresh lasagna and touches on 11 essential chef skills along the way.

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Maker Pro News: Insights Gleaned from Selling a Successful Startup

This week, we cover the ins and outs of past startups to bring you the dos and don'ts of selling your business one day.

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Saturday 24 February 2018

Weekend Watch: Meet 8 Year Old Maker Purple Oranji

It's so inspiring to see makers who are this bright and talented at such a young age.

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Friday 23 February 2018

Tips of the Week: Repair Cafés, 3D Printer Bed Scrapers, Cleaning Chrome with Foil, and a Pocket Jig Dust Shroud

This week's tips on cleaning, cutting, scraping, storing, and repairing.

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PlastiSketch Offers a New Approach to 3D Modeling

This approach to 3D modeling may appeal to you. The layered approach takes a little thinking, but you'll create some pretty interesting shapes.

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Learn to Model in Cinema 4D for 3D Printing

Ever use Cinema 4D to model your 3D prints? There's no better time to learn than the present!

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Thursday 22 February 2018

Learning Microcontrollers and Robotics in the DroneBot Workshop

Discover an excellent YouTube channel for learning hobby electronics, microcontrollers, robotics, and drones.

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Craft a Flatpack Slab Table with Evan and Katelyn

Evan and Katelyn are back again, this time with a fantastic table project that mixes traditional woodworking with CNC tools.

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Edible Innovations: 3 Food Makers Who’re Changing the Fermentation Scene

Check out these three food makers from around the world who are using their own unique backgrounds to put their own spin on fermentation.

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Wednesday 21 February 2018

Forget Decals, Give Your Laptop a Fancy Paint Job

Instead of designing a custom vinyl decal for her brother's laptop, Ootoro Torres painted a unique Stitch (from Lilo & Stitch) directly on the laptop's surface.

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Tuesday 20 February 2018

10 Arduino-Based Robo-Critters

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s delightful discovery of Vorpal, a lovable scamp of a hexapod, I decided to poke around to see what other Arduino-based robot projects there are out there these days. I found this YouTube video rounding up ten robo-critters. These include a robo-dog, a robotic cat, […]

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Construct a Mini Smart Farm

Check out this DIY smart farm that will keep all of your home grown vegetables and plants watered and healthy.

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Open World: Jumpstart Your Creative Career with Makerversity

Makerversity is a “pioneering community of Maker businesses” that's growing out of both London and Amsterdam.

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Friday 16 February 2018

Tips of the Week: Choosing a Sewing Needle, Cheap Craft Shelving, Working with Epoxies, and Generating Gears

Sewing, equipment cleaning, storage, epoxy basics, gear-making, and more. A little something for everyone this week.

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Particle Jumps Into Mesh Networking With Three New Boards (And Lower-Cost LTE)

Meet the new Argon, Boron, and Xenon boards.

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3D Printing T’Challa’s Spear from Black Panther

After watching Black Panther, 3D print T'Challa's spear from the movie. It'll make for an excellent prop for a Halloween costume or cosplay.

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Video: Using Resin to Make Faux Stained Glass

If you're uncomfortable working with stained glass, colored resin offers a safer alternative that achieves similar effects.

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Thursday 15 February 2018

Alexa, Flush The Toilet

Instead of dropping $6000, use an Alexa to build your own fancy toilet that will flush when you tell it to.

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3D Print Aesthetic Leg Prosthetic

This man designed and 3D printed a custom fairing for his coworker's daughter's prosthetic leg. Best of all, the designs are open source!

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Wednesday 14 February 2018

How to Rig a Model Ship

How to create realistic rigging on a sailing ship model for a tabletop piracy game.

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Stitch Together A Simple Uber Slim Leather Wallet

fed up with my fat wallet, I decided to make one that was super slim

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4 Lessons We Learned Making a Propane Cannon

Who hasn’t seen Mythbusters and wanted to watch something blow up in slow motion? This husband and wife couldn't resist the call and built a propane cannon.

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Tuesday 13 February 2018

Watch an Extensive Tour of mHub Chicago

John Saunders of NYC CNC took a bit of a departure from his machining focused tutorials to do an extended length tour of MHub Chicago.

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Monday 12 February 2018

You Don’t Know Terror Until You’ve Experienced the Furby Organ

A mad musical inventor turns 45 Furbies into an adorably animated weapon of sheer sonic horror.

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How to 3D Print on Fabric

Learn to use 3D printing to create dragon scales and other types of detailed props that can be printed right onto the fabric of your next cosplay.

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Maker Pro News: Lessons From Layoffs, Machine Learning for Maker Pros, and More

This week, we learn a few lessons from company layoffs and dive into how machine learning can affect the careers of maker pros.

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Saturday 10 February 2018

How To Modify A Playstation Controller For Muscular Dystrophy

I’ve been doing these game controller modifications, to make gaming easier for people who have physical disabilities, for a few years now. Over that time, I’ve come up with a method that is quick, relatively easy, fully functional, but a bit ugly. The most common complaint I get is that […]

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Friday 9 February 2018