One of the seminal companies in the maker community is no longer. With a brief note on their site today, digital fabrication tool makers Printrbot announces their closure. Led by the charismatic Brook Drumm, the company launched in 2011 with a hyper-successful Kickstarter for an affordable 3D printer kit, raising […]

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Whatever kind of reality you like, here are some interesting projects to play around with.

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A group of talented makers join together to do projects within the sci-fi world of Firefly.

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A group of talented makers join together to do projects within the sci-fi world of Firefly.

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use simple code to generate fantastic embroidery files

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Get started in wood carving with this simple wizard's head.

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mixing leather and wearables results in some fantastic arm braces

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An Austin couple documents their creative project explorations on YouTube.

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An Austin couple documents their creative project explorations on YouTube.

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Its that time of year again, when Make:s team of digital fabrication experts gathers an incredible collection of new machines of all types, and pits them against each other in a three-day-long cage match. This years event is led by Matt Stutlz, one again occurring at Ocean State Maker Mill […]

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Clamping and splicing and gluing, oh my. Another week of top workshop tips and tricks.

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Clamping and splicing and gluing, oh my. Another week of top workshop tips and tricks.

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Step inside the Olympian City shopping mall in Hong Kong and youll see a glossy, modern commercial center, with the same stores and outlets found in just about every mall around the globe. As you reach the top of the escalator on the third floor, however, one element stands out […]

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Looking forward, we will never be able to replace everything that was lost, or rebuild the same space. We absolutely will build a great space though, where people can come learn, teach, and make.

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The Fifth Annual DNA Lounge Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge is this Sunday, bringing out the best competitors in the art of robotics and bartending.

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The Fifth Annual DNA Lounge Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge is this Sunday, bringing out the best competitors in the art of robotics and bartending.

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The Fifth Annual DNA Lounge Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge is this Sunday, bringing out the best competitors in the art of robotics and bartending.

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Jim Kelly of Game Terrain Engineering prints a huge Millennium Falcon for the Star Wars: Legion miniatures game.

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Hack a click pen to make a mini pinball game.

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The machine we built is large, low-res and veeerrrrryyyy slow. It is also big, bad-ass, cheap and out of control, something that can be built in a couple of afternoons

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