A Conversation with Ryan Spurlock A refugee from TechShop in SF, Ryan Spurlock took what he learned there and applied it to a new makerspace called Humanmade, located in the design district of San Francisco. Two things stand out about this makerspace. One is how it was funded: a local developer whom the City required [&]

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Jen Schachter just shared this fantastic tutorial on the Tested youtube channel, and I think its fantastic. She shows how to get a very convincing hand-lettered effect using your laser cutter. To be specific, this isnt just engraving a pattern that is in a hand lettered style, shes doing all kinds of stuff to end [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/07/08/make-gorgeous-faux-hand-lettered-signs-with-your-laser-cutter/

come see me talk on a virtual stage!

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https://makezine.com/2022/07/07/3d-printing-for-gamers-with-disabilities-giving-a-talk-in-vr/

As America emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, new business expansion becomes a pressing priority in communities nationwide. That’s because our downtowns are pockmarked by vacant storefronts, and new businesses create virtually all net job growth. In that context, makers have a vital role to play in spurring business and job growth as new business champions [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/07/05/the-vital-role-of-makers-in-americas-future-economic-success/

Like many other folks out there, Thanks to Stranger Things Season 4, I’ve been vibing to “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush. It was a great song back then and it’s still great. It’s wiggled it’s way back into our popular culture and even into our 3D printing! Literally, its wiggled its way into [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/07/05/this-3d-printed-vecna-is-a-stranger-things-music-video/

The Raspberry Pi foundation just announced a new lineup of boards in the Raspberry Pi Pico family. The Raspberry Pi Pico W is the headliner here. It takes the immensely popular Pico that they launched last year and adds WiFi capabilities to it! This does increase the price a tiny bit from the original $4 [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/30/new-raspberry-pi-pico-adds-wifi-and-possibly-bluetooth/

Italy's island region of Sardinia has a rich history of making. July 1-3rd #makerfaire takes over Olbia's Museo Archaeologico and joins to past to the future in a celebration of the islands makers in a global context.

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/29/the-first-maker-faire-sardinia-celebrates-a-regional-culture-of-innovation/

Maker Faire Barcelona is back! On July 1 & 2 the sixth edition of Maker Faire Barcelona brings together local and international Makers again! This edition aims to explore the influence of Maker Culture on how and where people learn: From formal and informal education to lifelong learning experiences.

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/28/maker-faire-barcelona-activates-the-makerverse/

One of the common frustrations with common filament based 3D printing is that youre typically stuck with one material at a time. The Swapper3D Kickstarter is taking a somewhat tried and true approach from CNC machining and applying it to a 3D printer. note: This is a kickstarter. Kickstarters are not like buying a product [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/28/interesting-new-and-old-approach-to-multi-color-3d-printing-hits-kickstarter/

This year Steindorf STEAM K-8 School replaced their Open House with a School Maker Faire to celebrate and inspire another year of hands-on learning.

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/27/making-a-school-open-house-magical/

Digital artist + RIT assoc. professor W.Michelle Harris makes a Rochester crosswalk sing and explores the boundaries of conceptual, digital art.

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/27/maker-spotlight-w-michelle-harris/

One of the most fascinating things about the 3D printing community, in my opinion, is how they never stop experimenting! Proper Printing just released this video about trying to build an FDM style resin printer and almost succeeding. Youve probably seen resin printers out there, where you dump a bunch of resin into a vat [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/24/hacking-together-a-diy-resin-fdm-3d-printer-almost/

Maker Faires are slowly coming back. Maker Faire Long Island, after not happening for two years, took place in June at Long Island Explorium in Port Jefferson Village. Everybody was happy to come back, said co-producers of Maker Faire Long Island, Angeline Judex and Lisa C. Rodriguez. Angeline is the Long Island Exploriums Executive Director [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/23/the-magic-never-died/

Lasers are awesome. We all know this. If you dont have one, you want one. Owen wanted one, but had a fairly tight budget. When searching, he found the ones in his price range to be too small. So he built one! I know that there are some of you who didnt watch that video [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/23/building-a-large-40w-c02-laser-for-under-700/

The E-TKT by Andrei Speridiao is an exploration of delightful anachronism. It is a label maker that you can control from your phone. You might be thinking but dont modern label makers have phone apps already?. Yup, many do, but theyre simply not as cool as this one! Andrei found himself using an old manual [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/22/old-school-label-making-new-school-interface/

Geometry rules! Bring out your inner Gothic architect with a compass and the materials of your choice

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/21/follow-this-process-to-create-the-perfect-gothic-arch-or-reuleaux-triangle/

Clickspring is a fairly popular youtube channel that has been making beautiful things from metal for quite some time. Hes written a little for us, and even done video for us in the past. One thing that hes really good at (aside from making pretty stuff) is explaining complex things in a simple and visually [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/20/watch-this-gorgeous-video-learn-a-little-about-guilloche/

Creative musical interfaces are always a pleasure to find. This one was circulating around twitter this week and really caught our attention. This is the Abacusynth, by Elias Jarzombek. This interesting interface is a musical device that was inspired by how people interact with an abacus. By presenting an easy to understand physical interface, this [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/16/abacus-synth-abacasynth/

We absolutely love seeing how people push the boundaries of 3Dprinting. This latest example mixes old fashioned string art (where you loop string around nails to form patterns and pictures) with extreme bridging with a 3d printer to achieve some pretty cool effects. 3D Print Bunny has been coming up with all kinds of clever [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/15/this-clever-3d-printing-method-looks-like-string-art-but-cooler/

As a kid in the age of Star Wars, there were few things as fun as a plain old cardboard tube. These paper constructions have been seen as make-shift light sabers since the late 1970s and to this day you still find kids swinging them around and making the sound to go with them. Joel [&]

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https://makezine.com/2022/06/13/this-high-tech-cardboard-tube-light-saber-is-probably-cooler-than-yours/