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6 DIY Projects to Protect Your Digital Privacy

Cellphone snooping. Network surveillance. Face recognition technology. As the gadgets we search, watch, and read become more able to watch us back, Makers are finding clever ways to guard their digital privacy and maintain anonymity online. Here are a few of our favorites. BROWSE ANONYMOUSLY DIY Raspberry Pi VPN/Tor Router Surf the internet securely with […]

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Exquisite Steampunk Animals Made from Scrap Metal

Exquisite Steampunk Animals Made from Scrap Metal

Siberian artist Igor Verniy creates explicitly detailed steampunk sculptures of animals, from birds to bugs to puffer fish. Verniy has been crafting since he was a young boy, starting with small wooden toys and returning as an adult to work with metal, which he uses to create textures that bring to mind realistic attributes of […]

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Sculptural Clocks Are Perfect Fusion of Analog and Digital

Sculptural Clocks Are Perfect Fusion of Analog and Digital

Bernie Rohde became obsolete as a TV repairman almost 30 years ago, having only gone to school for analog appliance repair. To catch up to a growing tech world, he decided to teach himself how to build digital circuits. He liked to play around with components, so he built exploded views of what was going […]

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An Insider’s Guide to Shenzhen Manufacturing

An Insider’s Guide to Shenzhen Manufacturing

Gareth Branwyn talks to maker pros about Shenzhen, China, “the Digi-Key catalog meets Blade Runner.”

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