Hi everyone! My name is Cecilia Hillway and I like combining art and technology. Today I will be talking about how you can use the new MakeyBit Adventure Board to make some spooky Halloween projects. For these projects, I chose to use the Microbit microcontroller with the MakeyBit. The Makeybit is such a fun-looking board [&]
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Buying a mask at the Halloween store is fun, but very few store-bought masks include lights. Its a good thing were makers and can fix that! In this quick tutorial, Natasha from TechnoChic shows how to add a simple circuit to any mask so that it can light the night. The trick is to create [&]
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The maker spirit is alive and well this weekend at Maker Faire Milwaukee, which sets up at its new home in the Discovery World Museum with newbie makers and veterans, young, old and everything in between.
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Arrakis is robotic coffee table that draws beautiful patterns in sand while you watch. Unlike others seen on youtube, this table can draw at up to 2000 mm/sec. No time lapse necessary!
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TinyCircuits are no strangers to crowdfunding, with successful campaigns going back as far as 2015’s TinyDuino, and as recent as last year’s keychain-sized console Thumby. They have even offered a tiny TV before, so what makes their latest Kickstarter campaign unique? We went hands-on with a pre-production prototype to find out! The original Tiny TV [&]
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TWITTER I FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I WEBSITE It’s hard for an individual to flash back to 2020 and expect what can possibly happen for the following couple of years. Even harder to reflect on the past and never mention COVID these days! But proving the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s adage that “what does not kill [&]
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One of the biggest complaints of 3D printing in the home is that it cant do shiny metal prints, unless of course you have some super expensive metal printer. However, as Hen3drik shows us, there is a way to take a normal print from your typical resin based MSLA machine and make it look fully [&]
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This Saturday at the Independence Seaport Museum, Maker Faire Philly gathers to celebrate makers and creators.
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Halloween is fast approaching, and what better way to weird out your neighbors and spook your guests than some creepy theremin music. A staple of suspenseful soundtracks and low rent sci-fi, this electronic musical instrument is controlled without physical contact by the musician.
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Welcome to the Maker Faire Lille 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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For the first time since 2019, East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF) was held in-person in Bel Air, Maryland. A total of about 1600 attendees, including over 60 corporate sponsors and almost 50 exhibitors filled the APFCU Arena at Harford Community College. The event was a mix of business-to-business dealmaking, hobbyist showcase, and some wide-eyed kids [&]
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For the first time since 2019, East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF) was held in-person in Bel Air, Maryland. A total of about 1600 attendees, including over 60 corporate sponsors and almost 50 exhibitors filled the APFCU Arena at Harford Community College. The event was a mix of business-to-business dealmaking, hobbyist showcase, and some wide-eyed kids [&]
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update: the google automatic translated captions are now working on the youtube video. Just enable closed captions and select english. Your browser might require that you watch the video on youtube to use that function. Today at Maker Faire Rome, Masimo Banzi took to the stage to show off their newest concept, the DIY Kit. [&]
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Welcome to the Maker Faire Rome live blog! Ill 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 Ill put new stuff at the top! I you havent be following along, youll want to scroll down to the [&]
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“Hangout & Nerdout” is a virtual community meetup series co-produced by Hackster and Make:. This monthly get-together brings members of both communities together to explore technology, innovation, and education. This month the amazing nerd guest lineup will be talking #sustainability and #tech4good with Jinger, Alex, David, and Archimedes as part of Hacksters Impact Summit. The [&]
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The drive to make your yard a Halloween spectacular can come from any number of influences. In this case, the inspiration came from a massive septic tank, painted as a jack-o-lantern many years ago. Instructables user Haunted Spider, remembered this giant decoration fondly for years and has now recreated the splendor of their memory for [&]
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Im so excited to be visiting Maker Faire Rome this year for their 10th anniversary. This event is going to be absolutely monumental! One of the most fun things about attending these events is finding cool stuff and sharing it with the world. Tune in this weekend, October 7-9 for a Live Blog experience. I [&]
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This weekend Maker Faire Zagreb lights up the Tesla Technical Museum as it returns for its 4th edition with projects from all over the map, technically and geographically - as well as the love of our favorite robot band.
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Maker Faire Rome is coming very soon and Im super excited to be able to attend. this year theyve gone through some extra steps to expand the Maker Faire beyond what theyve done in the past. One way theyre doing that this year is to have a whole series of events based purely around music! [&]
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On September 29th at 9:00 am PST, our Community editor David Groom will be joining Mathias Claussen (Senior Engineer, Elektor) and Jens Nickel (Editor in Chief, Elektor) on Elektor Lab Talk to discuss analog electronics. If youre curious about what enthusiasts are building in the non-digital world, be sure to tune in at the link [&]
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