This past week we heard that Nation of Makers had launched, Raspberry Pi will soon be compatible with Particle Cloud, and we sympathized with a butter-passing bot.

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Get your dice rolls under control with one of these handy DIY gaming accessories.

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Watch video game characters come to life in clay with Sculpture Geek.

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Work off some of that nervous energy with a "fidget toy" you can easily make yourself.

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Matthew Burnett and Tanya Menendez’s Maker’s Row connects entrepreneurs to American manufacturers.

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Here's how they teach students to safely shoot photographs of bullets at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Plus, Avnet buys Hackster, Particle adds Raspberry Pi support, and more security concerns about IoT devices.

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NPR talks about learning from failure, MIT hosts an academic makerspace symposium, and educators share their tips for keeping students engaged in their education.

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After a successful debut last fall, the Flying Robot Film Festival brings a second year of aerial awesomeness to San Francisco. 25 nominees in eight categories show the range of video that can be produced with drone-based camera work. Prizes for winners include a DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter, with winners selected […]

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Makerspaces are essential to the maker community. The Makers Nation is gathering data to try and better understand common issues.

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With conductive ink, electroluminescent panels, LEDS, and more, temporary tattoos get an electrifying upgrade.

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When we were putting together our digital fabrications issue of the magazine, we spent some time searching for digital fabrication projects that wowed us. While some projects are more aspirational than realistic, some were downright practical. Here are our favorite projects from makers, designers, and artists that use 3D printing, […]

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Try not to get anything in your eye as you hear this moving story of a teen helping an injured friend communicate with the world again.

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See the socially conscious projects at Maker Faire Bilbao

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We've received over 50 great Halloween projects in our Make: Halloween contest. You can help decide the winner by voting for your faves.

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Want to offer rapid fabrication to your students with a classroom 3D printer? These guidelines will help ease the way.

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Your Raspberry Pi projects can now use the Particle Cloud for remote data collection.

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If you've been collecting bottle caps for years you might finally have enough to make something interesting.

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Lisa Winter builds fighting robots for BattleBots, but her creativity doesn't stop there!

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These young Egyptian innovators are embracing technology and maker culture despite — or because of — political challenges.

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