One of the reasons people build scale models is for the suspension of disbelief they can experience while contemplating their finished creations. When you build a spaceship, you have your imagined moments inside that ship. Same with a muscle car. Or a WWII diorama. So it only makes sense, in […]

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Makers hacked real problems faced by people with special needs to create tools that will help improve mobility, independence, and comfort.

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OpenROV's new Trident is a powerful, speedy package that can remotely navigate underwater locations never before accessible.

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This luxury 2-bedroom villa in the Philippines was constructed with a specialized 3D printer. Its next project? 3D printing low income housing.

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Follow this quick and easy guide to make sure you're correctly sharpening your carpenter's pencil.

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Check out these hand-embroidered notebooks that feature designs ranging from anatomical and natural to geometric and macabre, then try to make your own!

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Being both a maps enthusiast and an avid wargamer, I love this idea of 3D printing full-color, palm-sized terrain maps of famous battles from Japanese history. 3DPrint reported on these maps last week and describes the history behind the project. This campaign covers eight famous battles of Japanese Warring States […]

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CDs don't get as much love as they used to. Breathe new life into one by repurposing an old CD as a fun and easy sun catcher.

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The first day of the 4th annual Maker Faire Orlando was a huge success today at the Orlando Science Center. Thousands enjoyed an unbelievable quantity and range of exhibits and workshops — more than 300 of them! This is a big Maker Faire. Theres obviously a deep geek core in […]

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What You’ll Be Making You’ll be WiFi enabling your Raspberry Pi 2 which allows you to use the Internet without an Ethernet cable. The easiest way to configure your Raspberry Pi for WiFi is through Raspberry Pi’s graphical user interface. What You’ll Need 1. Raspberry Pi 2 compatible WiFi adapter

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I love these wooden corner clamps that Izzy Swan just posted to his YouTube channel. Theyre an upgrade to an earlier set hed built years ago. The current version has the wedges attached to the clamp jig so that you dont lose the wedges in-between jobs. And these clamps are […]

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Artist Daric Gill used an Arduino, LEDs, and solar power to transform this wooden desk into a Living Orb.

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Here are five of my favorite recent Raspberry Pi projects. Each project will take you less than a weekend and if you're quick, make 'em all.

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One of the more practical and useful things that a 3D printer can do is print jigs, holders, and other little improvement hacks to annoying problems found with in your everyday tools. Rotary tools, that very universal of maker tools, have lots of holders and accessories associated with them, and […]

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The Flying Robot International Film Festival wants you to share your DIY drone videos.

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Maker Faire is coming to a Barnes & Noble near you!

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Watching a hot wire cutter do its work is always a pleasure. Especially in this case, where the cutter is 5 axis. The wire tips this way and that, melting through the foam like it isn't even there.

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It's a known fact that some filaments cause extra wear on 3D printer nozzles. E3D decided to test the effects of carbon fiber. Here's what they found.

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A prototype iPhone accessory prevents you from taking predictable, touristy photos by locking down the shutter when it detects that you’re standing in a commonly photographed area.

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To photograph the stars, you need a gadget that can track the revolving night sky in a perfectly timed arc. Otherwise all you’ll see is streaks and blurs.

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