The element14 Community is jumping into this holiday season with a fantastically fun looking challenge. The theme is Merry Boxes & LEDs and theyre encouraging you to come up with some kind of light display that really knocks their socks (or stockings) off! Show them how you can build something […]

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Sci-fi robot engineer extraordinaire, James Bruton, attempts to build a real Transformer.

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Sci-fi robot engineer extraordinaire, James Bruton, attempts to build a real Transformer.

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MakerBot targets new segment with Method Printer

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MakerBot targets new segment with Method Printer

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If your goal is to give the gift of knowledge this year, we've got the perfect selection for you. 

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If your goal is to give the gift of knowledge this year, we've got the perfect selection for you. 

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Inspired by a picture of a reconfigurable pinball table, Beth Sallay set out to build her own. As you can see in the video above, she has pulled off the goal quite admirably. The gameplay seems fun and it is fully reconfigurable. The most difficult part of this is getting […]

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Inspired by a picture of a reconfigurable pinball table, Beth Sallay set out to build her own. As you can see in the video above, she has pulled off the goal quite admirably. The gameplay seems fun and it is fully reconfigurable. The most difficult part of this is getting […]

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Death Ray Designs offers 12 tutorials on texturing, painting, finishing, and basing gaming miniatures and terrain.

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I talk to my plants. Maybe Im crazy, but I suspect that many of you do this too. In this project, you may be able to give your plants the ability to emote back just a little bit. A.P.E.X. is basically just a moisture sensor with some emojis as a […]

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See what top tips Gareth Branwyn has collected over the past week.

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While at Maker Faire Paris, I bumped into YETI tools. They have an interesting bit of digital fabrication equipment that I think many of our readers will have an interest in. Theyre producing a CNC router capable of using a full sheet (4x82), yet is super light weight and portable. […]

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Ace electrical engineer, Jeri Ellsworth, is back to deep-nerding science and technology on YouTube.

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you probably can't take apart fancy watches at home, but this video will take you through the process.

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Our holiday gift guide is growing all the time with new cool stuff that makers will love. Some things that caught my eye this week were the sewing machines.  Weve added a couple really nice ones for both sewing and embroidery. We thought you might appreciate some inspiration with projects […]

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Our holiday gift guide is growing all the time with new cool stuff that makers will love. Some things that caught my eye this week were the sewing machines.  Weve added a couple really nice ones for both sewing and embroidery. We thought you might appreciate some inspiration with projects […]

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A method for creating unique prints casts in plaster.

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Ive disliked the under-cabinet light in my kitchen since I moved in years ago. Unfortunately, replacing it has just been one of those tasks Ive kept putting off over and over. I finally came up with a concept that I thought would be a good replacement, and took the dive […]

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Turn a cheap picture frame into a dungeon diorama for displaying your fantasy miniatures.

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