From woodburning with chemicals to centering holes to running a "grandfather's search," we've got our top tips for the week.

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Travel to the demonstration and hold your message high with ease thanks to this collapsible sign.

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Artist Dan Grayber combines elements from industrial design and nature to create objects that seem to defy gravity.

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A look back at our 2009 column dedicated to lost and marginalized technologies of the past.

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Maker Faire Barcelona is this weekend! Check out a small sample of some of the amazing projects that the Faire will offer.

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The Commute Deck is designed to provide a productive computing experience for UNIX terminal work in tight places, like a train or airplane.

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Spice Mama wants to bring consumers healthy Indian spice options free of additives and preservatives.

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Use JJ Robots' kit and your Android phone to build an air hockey partner who's always game.

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Use JJ Robots' kit and your Android phone to build an air hockey partner who's always game.

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Urban exploring by yourself was a bad idea even before you fell through a hole and became trapped. MacGyver THIS, wiseguy.

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Urban exploring by yourself was a bad idea even before you fell through a hole and became trapped. MacGyver THIS, wiseguy.

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The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.

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The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.

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Adafruit was founded in a dorm room by MIT engineer Limor “Ladyada” Fried as an online learning resource and marketplace for DIY electronics.

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Shaun Hughes engraves coins with intricate and beautiful designs. His designs run from whimsical to intricate patterns and scroll engravings.

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Cacoco makes a drinkable crumble chocolate that they like to call “the molten chocolate vitality elixir” with 100% compostable packing.

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There were quite a few announcements in the maker pro space this past week. There are a lot of tech hardware changes too.

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This weekend, Maker Faire comes to North County San Diego. If you love fighting robots, you'll want to check out San Diego Maker's Guild's Cardboard Combat Bots.

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If you build a number of polyhedra models, and count up their vertices, edges, and faces, you many discover an interesting relationship.

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During a quick visit to Copenhagen, Caleb managed to squeeze in enough time to visit a hackerspace called Labitat.

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