Month: July 2013

Maker Camp: Lego fun!

Maker Camp: Lego fun!

Today on Maker Camp we dive into the wide world of Lego and all the things you can make with everyone’s favorite construction toy. But Lego is more than a toy. We’ll geek out with five people who take LEGO way more seriously than you do. We’ll meet three MIT researchers from the LEGO Learning Lab, birthplace of LEGO Mindstorms and Scratch; co-creator of LUGNET (a community of adult LEGO fanatics–you can be one too!); and someone who has your dream job: building models for LEGO in Denmark!

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Making Hundreds of Unique Mini Maker Faire Posters With Processing

Making Hundreds of Unique Mini Maker Faire Posters With Processing

We needed a poster for the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire this year, so I decided to use a Processing sketch to do the work for me. By using a generative program I could make each poster unique, within the design constraints of the event. The key is to use Processing’s PDF library to record a printable version of everything you’re drawing on the screen. When you’re done, you just bring the PDF to your local copy shop or fine art large format printer.

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EMSL’s Drink-Making Unit 2.1

EMSL’s Drink-Making Unit 2.1

Having built my own drink-making robot one–it’s hard!–I appreciate a sweet drinkbot. Windell and Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories continue to refine DMU, swapping out pumps and trying new angles on drink recipes, while still keeping the sweet Erlenmeyer flasks that set the drinkbot apart. Drink-Making Unit 2.1‘s angle is to offer six flavor […]

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Rockets, Flames, and fun: MAKE’s International Maker Meetup Aug. 1

Rockets, Flames, and fun: MAKE’s International Maker Meetup Aug. 1

MAKE Volume 35 is on newsstands and is loaded with fun, flashy projects! From Tesla coils to DIY sugar rockets, there’s something for every maker who loves flames, flash, and big bangs! To celebrate the release of this new issue, we’ll be hosting an international maker meetup at 6pm PST Aug. 1. We invite makers and makerspaces to join in the fun for a live hangout on Google+ and to share their electrifying creations.

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