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Bloomiere is Part Shade, Part Light, Part Art

Should We Stop Using the Word “Drone”?

Custom Flapjacks are Finally Here: PancakeBot Comes to Kickstarter

Boat-Building Teens Get Hands-On Teamwork, Engineering Lessons

Project U.S.E.’s Boatbuilding Program is an educational adventure. Middle and high school students work together to measure, cut, and build a 16' wooden canoe (or comparable vessel). Through the course of 12 weeks, they connect…

Maker News

Gallery and Video from RoboGames' Triumphant Return

Gallery and Video from RoboGames’ Triumphant Return

We’re only a couple months in, and 2015 has already been a good year for robot combat. Battle Bots is...

Arduino-Compatible 4-in-1 DrawBot Decorates Walls, Floors, Eggs, and More

Arduino-Compatible 4-in-1 DrawBot Decorates Walls, Floors, Eggs, and More

Makeblock, a Shenzhen-based open source hardware company, has raised almost double their goal on their Kickstarter campaign for the mDrawBot, a 4-in-1...

National Maker Faire Coming to Washington DC in June

National Maker Faire Coming to Washington DC in June

We’re happy that the White House has announced the US National Maker Faire as part of a National Week of Making...

Skywalker vs. Stormtrooper: Endor Speeder Bike Quadcopter Battle

Skywalker vs. Stormtrooper: Endor Speeder Bike Quadcopter Battle

The Star Wars Speeder Bike toy hacker is back with the iconic good guy Jedi

Rockin’ 26’ Drivable Bumbleebee Shoots Fire from Its Antennae

Rockin’ 26’ Drivable Bumbleebee Shoots Fire from Its Antennae

The buzz about this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area is that a sweet, bee-themed art car called Apis Inlusio will...

New Equity Crowdfunding Platform From JD.com

New Equity Crowdfunding Platform From JD.com

JD.com, a notable rival to Chinese ecommerce behemoth Alibaba, launched a funding site last week called JD Equity Crowdfunding. JD’s...

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Lumi Ink How-To: Fabric Printing with Light and Shadow

We have a whole world of digital creative tools at our fingertips, but so few ways to

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GE’s FirstBuild Offers $60,000 in Prizes at Upcoming Appliance Hackathon

Have you ever been standing in your kitchen, operating some appliance, and tho

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Meet Three: MakerCon Speakers

The only conference by and for leaders of the Maker Movement, MakerCon brings togethe

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Induction Instruction

Generate enough power to light an LED through the magic of inductive charging.

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Battery Clip Transistor Tester

Build this simple tool for testing TO-92 package NPN transistors.