Charles Young spent a year crafting 365 tiny paper buildings and doing stop motion photography to bring them to life.

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What you need to know to get started with woodturning tools, tips, and techniques. Learn about basic tools you'll need and how to use them.

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Follow along to learn how to build a bike that transforms from a tall bike to a chopper (and back) while you ride it!

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As part of the British Museums Pompeii Live film promotion, they posted the following on their website: In AD 79, a baker put his loaf of bread into the oven. Nearly 2,000 years later it was found during excavations in Herculaneum. The British Museum asked Giorgio Locatelli to recreate the […]

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An organization called Made In Space has announced that they've made a breakthrough in 3D printing within a vacuum.

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Many of us enjoyed a simple pair of stilts in our youth, but why stop there? Heres how to make a pair of fun stilts that are really quite simple for someone of any age. Not only are they easily customizable, but they can literally be built in 15 minutes. Youll […]

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Nicole Grimwood is working towards a dual degree in engineering from Columbia University and liberal arts from Scripps College.

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If youve been on the internet lately, youve likely seen the storm of news of Samy Kamkars device that can intercept and store keyless entry codes for cars and garages. Built for under $50 using a Teensy 3.1 and a couple of radios, the RollJam device is said to allow its user […]

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In response to our post about 3D printing spec parts from the design files in McMaster-Carrs online catalog, reader Frankie Flood pointed us to his posts about sand casting 3D printed parts. This first piece posted to his blog was his first attempt at documenting casting of the 3D printed […]

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The art of carving candles is an old German craft. The finished pieces look like carved sculptures, and they're all made entirely of wax.

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Watch Carl Jacobson make a five letter solid maple cryptex on his lathe. This piece is functional and can be made to open with any code.

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Tiki torches are a fun summer lighting solution and this RGB LED version, that uses an Arduino, can be a great alternative to an open flame.

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Hardware hacker John McMaster built his own x-ray machine in order to get a closer look at the details of printed circuit boards.

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Have a set of outdoor chairs that have seen better days? Turn those old aluminum frames into gorgeous DIY macrame garden chairs!

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In this cool project, Mate Marschalko connects a USB racing wheel to a web browser running the HTML5 Gamepad API to wirelessly drive an RC car. This will likely go over the heads of anyone who doesnt know JavaScript programming [raises own hand], but it doesnt actually look too hard […]

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Celebrate the 83rd anniversary of Lego with your own Lego minifig candles using a wick, wax, and a simple, reusable Sugru mold.

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The Motor City Maker Faire had 5 different race tracks to see. This included drones and the hugely popular Power Racing Series.

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I find laser harps fascinating. The first time I saw one was when I stumbled across a video of a guy using lasers to play the theme song to Tetris. I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but I couldn’t justify the cost of buying one. Instead, I decided that […]

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Patrick Catanzariti turned a single image stream into a virtual reality style experience without me needing to do any crazy math.

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Wobblebots are simple robots that can walk down an incline using only potential energy.

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