The folks at Brown dog Gadgets have published this fantastic guide to convert a plain ol LEGO BB8 model into something a bit more exciting. The brains inside this project are Crazy Circuits, which happen to interface with Lego quite nicely (you can get a few of their kits in […]

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A small panel of judges from Make: editorial and Maker Faire leadership spent some reviewing the 60+ videos produced from the 198 city-facing events in 44 countries that took place this year. Videos were primarily post-event documentation, but some were promo and one was even longer-form, real-time pace. What makes […]

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“How did I screw up measuring everything by a quarter-inch? I must not be good at this!” Nope, you just didn’t account for kerf.

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MythBuster Kari Byron and “geek mom” Debra Ansell chat about technology, art, and the magic of being self-taught

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MythBuster Kari Byron and “geek mom” Debra Ansell chat about technology, art, and the magic of being self-taught

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MythBuster Kari Byron and “geek mom” Debra Ansell chat about technology, art, and the magic of being self-taught

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A few quick mods and you can streamline your go

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A few quick mods and you can streamline your go

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A few quick mods and you can streamline your go

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As if by magic, these Christmas ornaments undulate and animate before your eyes.

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BattleBots team Poor Life Choices cooked up their Battle Royale with Cheese in just five weeks

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Genevieve Bee is an aspiring prop maker, and this project shows that she is well on her way to having an impressive portfolio. She shared a bit of her story with us on her MakerShare page, which got us curious so we had a look at her blog. Wow. This […]

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Genevieve Bee is an aspiring prop maker, and this project shows that she is well on her way to having an impressive portfolio. She shared a bit of her story with us on her MakerShare page, which got us curious so we had a look at her blog. Wow. This […]

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New from Sean Hodgins, the guy that built the glitter bomb mechanism for Mark Rober, an inception of a project — a 3D printed Christmas ornament that contains a custom SLA 3D printing apparatus, which then prints more tiny Christmas ornaments. The grapefruit-sized globe houses a resin bath and a carriage […]

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Build this fun and totally unnecessary mechanism to flip your lights off and on.

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Your final tips round-up for 2018. Look for more great tippery in 2019.

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Your final tips round-up for 2018. Look for more great tippery in 2019.

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Celebrate 150 years of Mendeleev’s breakthrough periodic table by tying 200,000 tiny knots

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Celebrate 150 years of Mendeleev’s breakthrough periodic table by tying 200,000 tiny knots

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Learn about the built and physical world around you and gain both a greater understanding and deeper sense of wonder in the process.

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