CNC Stand-Up Paddleboard
Use a CNC router to build a beautiful, hollow wooden stand-up paddleboard.
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Experimental Thinking with Magnitude.io
Magnitude.io wants to make it easy for kids to access science in space
Tune into Public Lab’s Community Science Tool-Building Workshops This Month
Make: vol. 71 is on its way to mailboxes right now, and inside the issue we have a wonderful profile of community science advocacy group Public Lab, including a tear-out insert of their paper spectroscope. To further augment the article and help guide people into building and using open-source tools to measure environmental conditions and […]
The Martian Bases Of The Future May Be 3D Printed From Regolith And Ice
In 2015 my colleagues and I founded SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture), with a mission to conceive, investigate, and develop innovative “human-centered” designs enabling human beings not only to live, but to thrive in space environments beyond Earth. We are a collective of designers, architects, technologists, and researchers that integrate design thinking with traditional engineering workflows […]
Open Source Hardware Certifications for September 2019
The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware. Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard. The certification site includes a full list of all of the certified open […]
Maslow Upright CNC Router
Build the unique, upright CNC router that cuts full 4’×8′ sheets but takes little floor space
Adafruit PyRuler
Answer me this: Is your workshop magical? Does every tool have a second use? A third? Do things light up and draw the eye just because they can? No? Carry on. Nothing to see here. Ignore the rainbow glimmering. Still here? Good. Let me talk to the grandparents with sparkling eyes and impish grins. To […]