A new technology allows robots to manipulate varied and delicate objects

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One maker's quest to create an RC Imperial Shuttle from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, with servo-controlled retracting wings.

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This sturdy guitar stand is cleverly designed to only use a single board of wood.

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You're most likely to find glittery vinyl upholstery in a diner booth, but artist Lori Herbst cuts and collages vinyl into pop culture portraits worthy of a frame.

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Use SVG Nest to better arrange shapes for laser cutting and CNC machining.

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The next time you're camping or building an outdoor fire, try making a Dakota fire pit

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Making a costume for a pug, based off of the Puppymonkeybaby commercial

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If you've ever wanted to know how the animators at Pixar do it, then you need to check out the Pixar in a Box classes from Khan Academy.

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Make: magazine Projects Editor Donald Bell walks through his build of the Pinbox 3000 cardboard pinball kit.

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Here's a closer look at the platform that makes this Optimus Prime Cake actually transform (plus tips to make your own).

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A network of DIY environmentalists is helping monitor oil cleanups and busting polluters.

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Exploring the many ways in which makers are expanding and improving the Star Wars X-Wing miniatures game

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Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height!

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For a makerspace to best serve its Maker community, it needs to be where they are, and it needs to be big enough to support everyone.

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A popular YouTube woodworker takes on the task of shop organization for a rapidly-expanding tool collection

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This vintage Mac computer wasn't destined for the trash bin... it was destined to become the trash bin!

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A 17 year old builds a very impressive Star Wars BB-8 out of household and hardware store items

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505access is a non profit organization that connects Makers with local organizations in New Mexico to make accessible technologies.

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When you "pay what you want" in our latest Drone and 3D Printing Humble Bundle deal, you help out the education efforts of Maker Ed.

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We return to Collin's Lab as he experiments with electronics basics and the eccentricities of circuits

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