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6 Halloween Costumes Inspired by Your Favorite Video Games

Cosplay isn’t just for conventions. Let these ideas inspire you to turn your favorite video game character into your Halloween costume.

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Build a Tron-Inspired Coffee Table

Build a Tron-Inspired Coffee Table

So many Maker projects are really just about one discipline — woodworking, machining, electronics, you get the idea. I wanted to build a piece of furniture that blended two different concepts — electronics and woodworking — and build a unique looking coffee table that’s one part rustic design, and the other Tron-inspired sci-fi. The surface […]

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How-To: TRON Bow

How-To: TRON Bow

Becky and Phil’s ongoing quest to TRON-ify the universe, begun back in the summer of 2010 in anticipation of the not-so-much-worth-all-the-anticipation-after-all TRON sequel, continues undeterred by disappointing directorial choices, secure in the knowledge that pretty much anything, jazzed up with EL wire, is awesome.

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How-To:  Tron Couch

How-To: Tron Couch

MAKE alum Becky Stern’s first project in her new job at adafruit is a video about how to add EL accent wire to your sofa. Check it out!

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Alt.SXSW: Tron Light Cycles Realized

Alt.SXSW: Tron Light Cycles Realized

Sean got a chance to play frog design’s physical realization of the classic Tron light cycle duel at today’s Dorkbot SXSW Create event in Austin. Click through for photo and video of the game and details about how it works.

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Netduino-powered Tron: Legacy Identity Disc mod

David Powell, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, and Jason McMahon from the Harford Hackerspace in Baltimore have rebuilt/repowered a Tron Legacy Identity Disc using a Netduino (adding lots of extra LEDs in the process). They’ve posted a complete project writeup at Coding4Fun

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