There are front yard Halloween displays and then there is Tony DeMatteo's Halloween On Ambush in Churchville, NY a.k.a Port Royal which, unsurprisingly, has won accolades for its craftsmanship and raised thousands for local hospitals.

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Here are just three huge reasons you must visit the Orlando Maker Faire. They know what they're doing and it shows!

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Manufacturer: Acmer Laser Price: $1,199 URL: https://acmerlaser.com/products/acmer-p2-33w-laser-engraver-cutter-machine Features: Unboxing The system came nicely packed and quite professional looking. I wouldnt worry about this laser getting any kind of damage in shipping. Theyve done a really good job. There isnt really much assembly involved. You just need to slide the diode head into place, plug in a cable, and [&]

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They think treat, we think trick! This DIY talking skull project can be controlled from afar so that you can prank your trick-or-treaters. Theyll think its a store-bought Halloween display, but then when it starts to say things that could never have been pre-recorded, theyll think its possessed and run away!!!!! Talking skull projects can [&]

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Stefan tests this age old question and brings the receipts to back up his answers. In short, yes, if your material likes it.

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Welcome to the Maker Faire Rome live blog! We will be taking pictures of cool things all weekend during this event, and uploading pictures and videos here on this blog post. Refresh this page frequently and we will put new stuff at the top! I you havent be following along, youll want to scroll down [&]

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Elizabeth Marley is a design instructor, architect and artist who enjoys making participatory public art, collaborative biodesign adventures, and creative citizen science&just to name a few things at the top of her list. She is a lecturer at UC Davis. Elizabeth will be speaking on this topic on the Make: Stage on Sunday at Maker [&]

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You might say Loren Crotty is captain of the ship, the ship being the Sepia Lux, a colorful animatronic cuttlefish. Loren doesn’t own the ship and he didn’t build it all himself but he is in charge of keeping it in working order. A few years ago, another team did the metal fabrication to build [&]

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We have just wrapped up the first weekend of Bay Area Maker Faire and it was so great. There are just too many fantastic stories and experiences for me to unfold here but here are a few pictures to give you a feel. These were taken by our fantastic photographer, Mark Madeo. You should also [&]

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We had a great time at the East Coast RepRap festival, as did many others. By the time the doors opened on Saturday September 30th, they had already sold as many tickets as they did for the entire event in 2022. The Bel Air, Maryland event, held at the APGFCU Arena, was in its sixth [&]

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Glen Andersons created an analog computer that uses water to demonstrate digital logic A computer that uses water instead of electricity? Thats what Glen Anderson and his daughter, Dale, are demonstrating at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. He invites kids to fill buckets and dump them into one of four water tanks. On Friday, [&]

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Check this blog all weekend long for pictures and videos happening from the event!

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Blacksmithing will be featured in the Industrial Arts area at Maker Faire
Bay Area at Mare Island. Meet Celeste Flores of Richmond's Clay and Steel who will be swinging sledgehammers and making hammers along with other blacksmiths at the event.

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With an eclipse on the horizon, you can't have enough projects to celebrate space, and view the event safely!

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Make a portable pinhole projector from household stuff to safely watch solar eclipses

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Manufacturer: Bambu Labs Price: $459 as the combo kit with printer and AMS URL: https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/a1-mini The A1 Mini is Bambus most affordable printer. It still retains the ability to use multi material. To strike the price point that theyve targeted, theyve gone with a small build plate, but big features. Unboxing Pulling this thing out of the box, [&]

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Chris started Castle Bravo as a personal project — with the idea of turning a bouncy castle into a boat — a motorized floating bouncy castle.

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The Bay Area Maker Faire has returned! This is fantastic news for those of us who missed it, and wonderful news for those who have never attended. This year were going to be at a new location, which will bring its own unique flavor to the event. Regardless of if youve been 20 times or [&]

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Maker Faire Tokyo 2023 will be held for two days on October 14th and 15th at Tokyo Big Sight, featuring 270 maker teams. Check out this video from last year! Featured Makers 100 by Hirotaka Niisato Maker’s comment: sIve aggregated 100 solenoids to create a single device. You can enjoy the sensation of pressing it [&]

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He is a professor in the Department of Innovation Systems at the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University. He conducts research at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) and is the author of renowned texts on robotics such as Android Science and What Is a Robot? He has also constructed some humanoid robots [&]

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