News From The Future – Quantum Hackers
See how Eve eavesdrops on Bob and Alice…
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Editor’s Picks: Our Photography Crushes
As we’ve been delving into the world of photography for this month’s theme, we’ve ended up with crushes on one photographer or another. I asked our editors and contributing writers to send me someone who’s been inspiring them, and here is an impressive list. While it includes crafters who also photograph, the subjects range from […]
The Arduino Library Grows by One
More and more books keep being released about our favorite little microcontroller, the Arduino. Apress offers a new one tomorrow entitled Arduino Robotics. Written by Josh Adams, John-David Warren, and Harald Molle, it’s is a monster 628 pages…
How-To: Make Giant Bubbles
One of the coolest things I saw at the Bay Area Maker Faire this year was a group of people using a simple string-and-sticks tool to blow enormous soap bubbles. Toni at Design Dazzle has a wonderful tutorial for creating your own giant bubble set for your kids. It includes the recipe for the soap […]
GoPayment is GO for Maker Faire Detroit!
The folks over at Intuit are offering this deal to makers and crafters exhibiting at Maker Faire Detroit. If you accept credit card transactions on Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards, on July 30th and 31st, using your mobile phone or tablet and Intuit GoPayment, it’s free during the Faire. No transaction fees! They’ll even give you a GoPayment card swiper.
Printable Tentacle Parts
The printable ball-and-socket unit that makes up this tentacle is really just a prototype in the early development of Thingiverse user Misguided’s not-so-misguided (if we may offer a bit of encouragement) project to develop a printable tentacle actuator. Everything about his description makes me happy, so I’ll just quote it entirely…
Circuitbee: Sharing Electronic Schematics on Your Blog
Ben Delarre shared his story with Make about the origins and future of Circuitbee, a service that allows you to embed schematics on websites. Have you ever designed an electronic schematic then wanted to share it on your blog? Or wanted help improving your circuit on a forum? Ever peered at a tiny/massive image of […]