This Week in Making: New Planets, Voice Control, and 3D Printed Action Figures
See the faces of open source, discover three crowdfunding campaigns to watch, and check out newly discovered planets.
Drones & Vehicles
A Drone’s View of Flooding After California’s Storm
Take an aerial tour of the flooding at the vinyard where we film our drone reviews
Return of the MakeShift Challenge: Dead Car Battery
You’re 50 miles into the woods, your car battery is dead, and a snowstorm is coming. What would MacGyver do?
How the FAA’s Drone Regulations Could Hamper Pros and Journalists
The FAA has some interesting regulations for commercial drone pilots. For journalists, this could mean an abridgment of the freedom of the press.
What if Different Artists Made This Sculpture? Using Drones to Find Out
Using photogrammetry and fancy software, you can change the style of real sculptures
This Autonomous Boat Went from California to Hawaii and Beyond
After Damon met his autonomous boat in Hawaii after launching it from California, he set its course towards New Zealand.
I Built My Own Mars Rover in the Spirit of Simplicity
How I built a Centennial Challenge robot using the cheapest materials I could find.
