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Making Connections With Glass

Make Magazine - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 16:00

Chris Mosley turned the creativity that got him in trouble into unique interactive glass artwork.

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The Technological Humanism of Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition

Make Magazine - Thu, 09/04/2025 - 20:17

Thousands come to celebrate emapthetic innovation and the human side of technology at Maker Faire Rome.

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Make a Magic Blocks Gadget Cache

Make Magazine - Thu, 09/04/2025 - 16:00

The Magic Blocks gadget cache is a fun and simple “proximity and order” puzzle you can build to add a playful challenge to your geocache.

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Open Source Hardware Certifications for August 2025

Make Magazine - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 19:10

Our favorite Open Source Hardware certifications in August featured PCB clamps, a DIY suturing board, and a bicycle dynamo light.

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Review: Beautiful Pixelblaze Display Box Kit

Make Magazine - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 16:00

Electromage's Beautiful Pixelblaze box is a simple kit, and a mesmerizing intro to a great microcontroller board for LEDs.

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A Movie Model Masterpiece

Make Magazine - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 16:00

Replicating the iconic 1980s Blade Runner prop with a garage kit, vintage greeblies, and 21st-century electronics.

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From Robots to Fire-Breathing Dragons: Maker Faire Long Island Lights Up Stonybrook on September 14th!

Make Magazine - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 20:09

FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I MASTODON I WEBSITE On September 14, 2025, more than 100 makers will gather at Stony Brook University to inspire families, students, and innovators with hands-on exhibits, performances, and cutting-edge tech. This year’s event is bigger than ever, coinciding with the Explorium’s 20th anniversary and promising a day filled with invention, creativity, […]

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Penrose Tile Wall Really Tiles the Room Together

Make Magazine - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 16:00

While Chuck Sommerville's work on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball is only experienced annually, his Penrose Tile Wall is accessible all year.

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Small-Scale Space — Mozu’s Hidden Rooms

Make Magazine - Wed, 08/27/2025 - 16:00

Mozu's mesmerizing miniature rooms are detailed enough to fool observers, and are hidden in unexpected places.

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Cookin’ Derby — Electric Hot Dog Racing

Make Magazine - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 16:00

The concept alone is pretty funny, and that’s before getting a crowd of people together to cheer on their favorite hot dog.

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Pepper’s Ghost Hologram Flask

Make Magazine - Fri, 06/27/2025 - 16:00

Create a spooky hologram illusion in a jar, using any TV or mobile display.

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Play With Your Own Junk

Make Magazine - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 16:00

Learn how to assemble and play professional-quality party games with the stuff you already have around the house.

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Go Beyond Reality With a Circuit Bent Glitch Cam

Make Magazine - Wed, 06/25/2025 - 16:00

Ade circuit bent a toy camera that takes pictures that look like something from another universe. He started with a cheap toy camera, added potentiometers between a ribbon cable and the connector, and fit it all into a Frankensteined case that’s part original, part 3D-printed, and part bottle cap. The result combines electronics, minor soldering, […]

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OSHWA Healthware Highlight: COSMIIC

Make Magazine - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 16:00

COSMIIC has a unique story that starts in the city of Cleveland in the 1960s when a set of closed source implantable devices for commercial and research use were first being designed and produced. Now 60 years later, the culmination of their work–The COSMIIC System–is open source and available to researchers working in the field of neuromodulation.

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Dive Into Robotics with Make: & D-Robotics!

Make Magazine - Mon, 06/23/2025 - 16:00

Join Make: and D-Robotics on a livestream where we'll unveil the RDK X5 dev board and give away a myCobot robotic arm!

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Review: xTool F1 Laser Cutter

Make Magazine - Fri, 06/20/2025 - 16:00

The phrase “small but mighty” might have been created to describe the xTool F1. If you’re a craft person looking to take a laser to events to personalize items, you’ve found your laser.

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Candlelit Cathedral Dress

Make Magazine - Wed, 06/18/2025 - 16:00

Go goth! Sew this show-stopper cathedral dress with colorful sheer panels and LEDs that flicker like candles.

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FAB25: The Global FabLab Gathering Comes to Central Europe

Make Magazine - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 21:11

Mark your calendars for July 4–11, 2025, as the global FabLab community meets in Brno and Prague for FAB25. FAB25 is the official global event of the FabLab community, organized by The Fab Foundation (MIT), The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT (CBA), Make more (CZ), and FabLab Brno (CZ). For the first time in Central Europe, this is your chance to connect with innovators worldwide.

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makeITcircular 2025 Is Open: Calling All Real-World Circular Economy Projects!

Make Magazine - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 20:17

Are you looking to find green solutions to age old or modern problems? Are you invested in designing for the circular economy? If so, Maker Faire Rome has a contest for you! The #MFR makeITcircular contest is dedicated to tangible solutions for the circular economy. Now in its sixth edition, the initiative supports projects that […]

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Kerf Bend Wizard Simplifies Complex Curves

Make Magazine - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 16:00

Bend incredible curves in plywood with the help of Kerf Bend Wizard.

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