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Spotted at the recent Cedar Rapids Mini Maker Faire by Steve Hoefer. Looks like a piece of hardboard with a circular hole in it, lined with bike chain, to make an improvised “ring gear,” with variously-drilled chain gears and sprockets that roll around inside it to guide the pens. A similar idea was published by […]
Three product designers ask the musical question: “How would you stuff the spirit of MAKE and Maker Faire into the space of a taco truck, so you could drive around and deliver making to kids everywhere?”
MAKE’s Paul Spinrad reports from last night’s Pecha Kucha event in San Francisco.
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My daughter Jane told me she wanted to build something “electronic,” and luckily, I had a sample of the Solder: Time kit. It looked like a fun thing to make, and it turned to be so.
I had the great pleasure this last Saturday of attending the Young Makers Program at the Exploratorium. The theme of the month was Time… and what a great time we had.
Here’s a tutorial from Open Music Labs on piezo transducers.
