The Star Wars Cantina Bar Creature Project: โHammerheadโ
Follow along as Robert creates an iconic sculpture from Star Wars
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This Gameboy Runs on Nuclear Power
My “Nuclear Powered Gameboy” uses Tritium tubes as the energy source, which produces a mere 1.5 microwatts of power (that’s 1.5 millionths of a watt).
Maker Magic: The Card Machine Trick
A card mysteriously rises, and in a
flash, changes into the right one!
Fixing Broken Machines from the Amazon Return Bin
Debra Daun’s superpower is fixing broken machines, such as 3D printers. She runs the MakerLab at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois. She has figured out that she can get used and abused machines that have been returned to Amazon. She bids for them at auction and then repairs them or adds the odd parts to her boneyard. She’s been able to add more machines that she uses to teach students 3D printing in the makerspace. The more broken the machine, she says, the happier she is.
Cairo Celebrates 7 Years of Maker Faire Magic
This week Maker Faire Cairoโthe biggest gathering in Egypt for makers, inventors, creatives, and technologistsโis back for its 7th year. Typically, DIY enthusiasts of all ages and from all backgrounds gather on the grounds of the American University and put on an amazing show & tell complete with musical performance, battle bots, wild cosplay, and […]
SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040
The SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040 takes the new RP2040 microcontroller chip from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and puts it in a minimal form factor. Previously, SparkFun used the Pro Micro form factor with an ATmega32u4 to provide the functionality of an Arduino Leonardo: the usual GPIO, analog inputs and PWM outputs plus native USB support. […]
3D Modeling for Makers
Lydia Sloan Cline is the author of Fusion 360 for Makers, which is out in a new second edition. She teaches 3D design and fabrication at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where she began as a drafting professor with a degree in Architecture. In this episode of Make:cast, Patrick DiJusto, Make: Books […]
