Build the Beetlebot, a robot made from little more than spare parts, that can navigate a space, delight children, and terrify house pets

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Who wouldn't want to ride a dinosaur? Izzy Swan created this ferocious-looking walking machine after being inspired by Jurassic Park.

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What started as a collective of creative friends in Santa Fe has blossomed into a surreal, artistic installation that allows artists to make a living on their art as an experience, not as a commodity.

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Cut down on clutter! Use cardboard to construct a can collector to corral your empties.

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You can create a cool metal inlay effect in wood with solder. This technique is perfect for signage!

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Join the Street Team and help spread information about Maker Faire Bay Area, and you can earn two tickets!

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What's a birthday without a party? The Raspberry Pi Foundation celebrated it's fourth birthday by holding something that looked like a cross between a conference, an education workshop, and a community birthday party for the Raspberry Pi.

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Here are some basic considerations you should make when you're just starting to work with metal.

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Recreate this time-tested, simple design that carries only the bare essentials to leave your house today: keys, ID, and currency.

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Hack a free flashlight for the perfect LED lighting system.

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The Hackaday Prize has launched with $300,000 in prizes. A new community vote feature makes it easier than ever to get cash for your build.

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Four years on, and eight million boards later, I thought it might be fun to look back at some of my favourite Pi-powered projects we’ve featured here on the blog, and out in the world.

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Pi is good. Pi is great. The magical constant is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. But what if we told you that pi isn’t the ultimate solution to circular number-crunching? Follow along with Vi Hart’s explanation for a whole new perspective.

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The first results from the two Raspberry Pi boards now on board the International Space Station are starting to arrive on the ground, and there is a new competition for British school children to have their code run in space.

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How many places of pi can you recite? With a few memorization techniques under your belt, you can string together more digits than you might think.

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Our solar system is big and that can make it hard to visualize. In this video Mark Rober uses drones to show the distances involved.

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Five well-known online makers join forces to build a chess set to support a worthy cause

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Thanks to the internet and all the great people who share their knowledge on it, learning is easier and more accessible than ever.

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Inspirational ideas for some upcycled DIY lighting

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Laura Kampf has only been posting videos on YouTube for a few months, but her film background and workshop cred make for some great videos.

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