Thursday 31 May 2018

Wednesday 30 May 2018

Slice Your Way to Victory in Your Next Cosplay Contest with this Zer0 Sword

Casey Gartung constructed the sword that Zer0 uses in Borderlands 2 for her cosplay, and it looks absolutely incredible!

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Tuesday 29 May 2018

Building a Cubbyhole Cabinet from Trash

Turn some jugs and cans from the trash into a small parts shop organizer.

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Monday 28 May 2018

Five Mistakes I Made During My First Kickstarter

Sometimes this kind of experience is the only way you can learn which battles are worth fighting.

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Saturday 26 May 2018

Friday 25 May 2018

Access and the Sustainability of Makerspaces; New York to Nigeria

To create anything requires space, machinery and people, a combination that takes immense resources to keep running. Increasingly, many spaces are iterating different models for improve this.

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Giving Electronic Dice a Roll at Maker Faire

Will Bluetooth-connected electronic dice ever be a significant game technology?

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Thursday 24 May 2018

An Interview with The Paper Airplane Guy, John Collins

The Paper Airplane Guy John Collins has studied both origami and aerodynamics and spent many years improving paper planes designs.

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Wednesday 23 May 2018

Maker Pro News: Makers Will Run the Factories of the Future

The U.S. manufacturing sector has changed profoundly over the past two decades, with classic assembly lines giving way to a streamlined, automated environment that often harnesses the latest fabrication technology.

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Monday 21 May 2018

Sunday 20 May 2018

Do Drones Need Sweaters? Plus: Drone Dating.

When a "professional prankster's" jokes become serious and her drone takes up online dating.

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Saturday 19 May 2018

Maker to the Rescue: Peterson Neon Resurrects Makey at Maker Faire Bay Area

When my team from Make: broke Neon Makey on his way into our Maker Faire booth, we were grief-stricken. Plus, we didn't budget for "We broke it!" Fortunately the original maker is on the scene this weekend as an exhibitor...Can she fix it?

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Qualcomm Celebrates Three Years of DragonBoard 410c at Maker Faire With Games, an LED Helmet, and a Robot Dress

In May 2015 at Maker Faire Bay Area, Qualcomm unveiled the DragonBoard 410c, a powerful, diminutive single board computer aimed at bringing makers into the orbit of the semiconductor giant. Leveraging the Snapdragon processor, it offers a 64-bit quad core running at 1.2 Ghz, 8 GB of flash memory, WiFi, Bluetooth, […]

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Friday 18 May 2018

Exploratorium After Dark Offers a Sneak Peek of Maker Faire

At SF's weekly nerdfest, Exploratorium After Dark, we got a preview of nine great makers and their exhibits that you'll see this weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area.

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Dance with this Skeleton Puppet at Maker Faire Bay Area

If you're planning on going to Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend, you might run into Hiroaki Suzuki and his robotic skeleton puppet.

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Thursday 17 May 2018

Turning an iPhone into a USB Flash Drive?

Watch an extended exercise in frustration eventually reveal the true rewards of hardware hacking.

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Mash Together Star Wars and Mad Max to Build One Awesome Guitar

Recreate Mad Max: Fury Road's Doof Warrior's guitar with a Darth Vader make-over. Combine all the fandoms!

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Wednesday 16 May 2018

Cosplay Crazy: New Humble Bundle and Competition

Humble Bundle just launched an awesome new ebook bundle that's packed with great ideas for building your own cosplay.

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Exponential Growth, Explained Via Rice on A Chessboard

Stacking grains of rice is hard!

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An Educator’s Guide to Maker Faire Bay Area

There’s so much to see and do at Maker Faire, and half the fun is being surprised by what you find. However, if you want a plan, here are a few of the education-focused highlights that we're excited about.

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Tuesday 15 May 2018

Bunnie Huang Launches Open Source Video Development Board

An FPGA development platform for processing open video standards. And a companion lawsuit against the US government and the DMCA.

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CNC Milling A Bespoke Wooden Lightsaber

Are you Jedi enough to wield a wooden light saber?

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Eben Burgoon on Tapagimi, Comics, and Bad Ideas

“We are too committed to treating our ideas badly”

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Monday 14 May 2018

Join Shannon Dosemagen for Community Science Workshops at Maker Faire Bay Area

Shannon Dosemagen will be organizing a “community science” space and workshops, as well as giving a short talk on the main stage, at Maker Faire Bay Area.

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Maker Pro News: How Maker Skills Are Changing Engineering Education

Key takeaway for this week: hardware startups don't just need watertight tech; they also need a product that people will actually buy.

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Dubai Hosts its First Mini Maker Faire in the United Arab Emirates

The Mini Maker Faire will be a celebration of making that gathers the ecosystem of UAE makers, artists, and designers together.

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Friday 11 May 2018

Tips of the Week: Voronoi Patterns, Minwax as a Mask, DIY Bondo Knobs, and Being Prepared

Another week of essential tips for improving your time in the workshop.

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Meet These Book Authors at Maker Faire Bay Area

Two pairs of hands hold two books that both say "Make Books" on the cover.What a wonderful opportunity to shake hands with some fantastic authors.

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Creating the New Collar Workforce

Talk to any manufacturer today and one of their top concerns is finding a skilled workforce needed to compete in a global marketplace.

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Thursday 10 May 2018

7 Inspirational Women Speaking Out at Maker Faire Bay Area

A young girl being held up by her father reaches to grab a dangling hand and give a high five.We're obviously excited for Maker Faire, but one of the things we're REALLY hyped about this year are all the inspirational women that are slated to speak.

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Wednesday 9 May 2018

Light Up the Room With These LED Earrings

On or off, these easy-to assemble earrings make a statement.

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Open World: Habibi Works

Habibi.Works is a bright spot in an otherwise difficult and disturbing situation.

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Tuesday 8 May 2018

The Wondrous Miniature Worlds of Jedediah Corwyn Voltz

Take a trip to the Lilliputian worlds of an LA artist and potter who isn't afraid to dream small.

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Maker Pro News: Successful Founders Tell How They Launched Hardware Startups

Element14 (@element14) released a free eBook called Startups on Startups: The Business of Engineering. It’s a no-nonsense guide to launching a startup.

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