Light prefers to take the shortest path, but under the right conditions you can make it bend and bounce, generating lovely effects in the process. This project takes advantage of some special properties of acrylic. Inside polished acrylic, light rays reflect off the smooth inner surfaces, preferring to escape at […]

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9-10 November 2019 Vanke Design Commune, Nanshan, Shenzhen Maker Faire Shenzhen 2019 Join us in the largest maker gathering on Earth! This year for the Maker Forum, we will be inviting speakers from different sectors, cultures, and professional backgrounds to share their projects, stories and insights in sustainable development. As […]

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October Certified Open Source Hardware The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware.  Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard. The certification site […]

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Who are you, and where are you located? We are Master Plan Industries, a group of friends from Arizona dedicated to sharing our home-made interactive art with those who seek beauty and inspiration in their surroundings. What do you make? We call our line of products Novatropes, affectionately dubbing […]

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Coming up on November 21, well be taking a live tour of Co.Lab Community Makers thanks to Digi-Key, our sponsors. This is an incredible space located in Austin Texas that is free to use! We did a Makerspace Spotlight article where you can learn more about the space. It looks […]

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After the hectic chaos that surrounds Halloween, it can be nice to relax a bit and just take a few deep breaths. This video by Reinis Stripnieks has served as a relaxing and mesmerizing piece of art. In this video they are taking a Panerai watch that is a bit […]

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Use blue “sun print” paper to take unique UV photos with a cardboard camera

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Makers usually love Halloween. Whats not to love? Spooky images, fantastic costumes, frolicking in the chilly fall dusk. It really is a wonderful holiday. However, many of us just have so much going on, we cant celebrate to the extent wed like. Maybe you live in a dorm, maybe youve […]

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Here’s a fun and easy action game: the Spin ’N Spill Balancing Bot. Stack the gears onto the tippy balancing robot — but be careful! If you cause him to drop or spill, you lose! This game is easy to make, especially if you have access to a laser cutter. […]

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Sometimes a collection of parts just comes together perfectly. Im not sure what I find so captivating about this tiny cauldron from Adafruit, but it really struck me as fantastic. Ive seen so many boiling cauldrons around Halloween, but the bluetooth connectivity and 3d prints being perfectly fit to a […]

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A Cold junction In 1798, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier was just 13 years old and although he came from a poorly educated family in rural France, people already were beginning to notice the youngster’s intellectual talents. Besides being an avid reader of nearly any book he could get hold of, […]

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Paul from Litiholo wrote us to show off a little project theyre doing for Halloween. Theyve made this little spooky skeleton hologram in a casket that flashes to life when someone hits the doorbell. Look, we know that this is pretty much just an ad for their DIY hologram kits, […]

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Upcycle a TV satellite dish and give back to nature

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If you love rockets, you cant help but notice that real space launch vehicles lift off the pad slowly,but model rockets zip up like darts. That’s how I became obsessed with using thrust vector control (TVC) — gimbaling the rocket motor — instead of fins to keep model rockets upright, […]

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There are many reasons to visit Maker Faire Shenzhen. Some come to take a look at the innovative applications of technology by global makers, Some come to get involved and experience the fun of hands-on creation. Some come to learn about the highlights of science and technology and the crossover […]

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You want an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express, at least you should, theyre pretty awesome. So why not take this opportunity to buy one and help Adafruit give one to Black Girls Code at the same time. For a limited time, when you go to this page and buy a Circuit […]

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This year, Maker Faire Shenzhen 2019 will be focusing on the theme “To the Heart of Community, To the Cluster of Industry”. With a full chain events for technological innovations, you can look forward to the Maker Summit Forum, Maker Booths (includes highlights and performances), as well as Innovation workshops. […]

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We have entered an era of accessible space. Space that is accessible to life-long learners, makers, and students. Getting tools and experiences into the hands of curious explorers today is not only fun and engaging, it will make for a better world tomorrow as we face significant challenges on […]

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Aran Galligan from Aide Memoire Jewelry was nice enough to give me not one, but THREE tours of her space. We had connectivity issues and then after that I completely goofed and didnt record. Luckily, the third time was a charm because I really enjoyed this tour. Ive always been […]

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A multitude of materials lend themselves to creating these mechanical orreries

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