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When Dad Makes: The Wisdom Therein

Nick Normal — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:37:31 +0000

We asked you to tell us your stories about your maker dad. You sent us tweets, left comments on G+, and emailed us your stories. Here is a sample of your Father's Day tales.

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DIY Hacks & How To’s: Modify a Game Controller for Accessibility

Jason Poel Smith — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:44 +0000

Everyone loves video games. But it can be difficult to enjoy certain games if you are injured or disabled and don't have the manual dexterity needed to execute fast button combos. Fortunately, we can use an Arduino to do it for us. The Arduino can send signals to the controller that simulate the buttons being pressed. This lets you pre-program commands that can be activated by a single button. This kind of mod could be used to help more gamers enjoy combo heavy games.

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Are you a Maker? Maker Camp Wants You!

Stett Holbrook — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:07:08 +0000

MAKE is teaming up with Google again for our 2nd annual Maker Camp July 6-Aug. 16 — a virtual summer camp that features six weeks of projects, making, field trips, and fun for teens hosted on Google+. And we need your help to round out our roster of fun loving, energetic makers.

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Reasons to Build a Prototype

Dale Dougherty — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:56:40 +0000

About 70 campers showed up today at the offices of OATV for Hardware Summer Camp, organized by Nick Pinkston, Renee DiResta and Adam Ellsworth. I kicked off the Saturday session with a short talk, remarking that the maker movement has been built around a prototyping revolution more than a manufacturing […]

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Father’s Day: Tips My Dad Says 2.0

Stett Holbrook — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:46:09 +0000

A few years ago we solicited input from readers, staff, and our community for little nuggets of fatherly wisdom. It's a great list. But the thing about dads is they've alway good more pearls of wisdom. So I'd like to start a new list of great maker tips from dad. Send me your tips and I'll share them in future post.

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Are you a Maker? Get Your Projects Into MAKE

Ken Denmead — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:55:44 +0000

Do you make stuff? Do you have fun projects you've developed with electronics, or crafting, or furniture, or toys? If so, MAKE wants to hear it! As the voice of the maker community, we want to be YOUR voice to show off the fun things you're doing in your workshop, gameroom, or garage.

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Your Comments

Michael Colombo — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:00:03 +0000

When we post new content on MAKE, we love hearing from our readers. Whether the comments be informative, insightful, or funny, here are our favorites from the past week, from Makezine, our Facebook page, Google+ Community, and Twitter.

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Watch This Apartment Building on Governors Island Go “Boom!” and Implode

Ken Denmead — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:20:25 +0000

A 45-year old former U.S. Coast Guard apartment block, abandoned since 1996, is perfectly demolished by "implosion" over the course of about 20 seconds. 250 lbs of explosives were used. The 11-story building was removed to make way for a park.

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Attention NYC Makers: Who Wants to Help Video a Building Implosion Sunday Morning?

Ken Denmead — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:51:05 +0000

This building on Governor's Island, near New York City, is going to be imploded tomorrow morning (Sunday, June 9th) around 7:30am, and we at Make have been offered the chance to have someone there to video the event. If you have a good video camera, some mad skillz, and the desire to witness epic destruction, we'd love to have you shoot the event for the Make blog. Drop us a line at editors@makezine.com and we'll get you connected.

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Ann Arbor Mini Maker Tomorrow!

Stett Holbrook — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:02:09 +0000

Ann Arbor's 5th annual Mini Maker Faire is set for tomorrow, June 8, at Washtenaw Community College. The event is free to the public and more than 50 exhibiters are ready to show their stuff.

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