Maker News

From advancements in technology and materials, to the development of innovative techniques and ideas, there’s always something new on the horizon. As a maker, your success depends on your ability to keep up with all these changes. Let’s take a look at some of the most noteworthy developments that are taking place in making right now!

Maker Faire Los Angeles Gets Serious About STEM

Maker Faire Los Angeles Gets Serious About STEM

By Jennifer Blakeslee

Jennifer Blakeslee

Jennifer Blakeslee keeps the Global Maker Faire program running smoothly and has been a maker at Maker Faire since 2011. Among other things, she really likes to travel, write, cook, hike, make big art, and swim in the ocean.

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On Saturday, April 6th the LA Public Library and City of STEM pull out all the stops at LA Historic State Park for Maker Faire Los Angeles 2024!

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Arduino Days Are Here Again

Arduino Days Are Here Again

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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Arduino Days are here again, March 21-23!

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Make A Tiny TV For Your Cat Because That’s Awesome

Make A Tiny TV For Your Cat Because That’s Awesome

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Becky Stern really brought a fun project to the world with this one. It’s basically a tiny youtube player, but by tuning into a channel with footage of birds, she made a little TV just for her cat. As usual, Becky shares a full step-by-step on her blog and I have to admit that of […]

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Open Source Hardware Certifications For February 2024

Open Source Hardware Certifications For February 2024

Sid Drmay

By Sid Drmay

Sid Drmay

a queer non-binary trans interdisciplinary artist who loves textiles, cyberpunk and snails. They work as the Community Coordinator for OSHWA, as well as Summit Fellowship Chair during OHS planning season. They are also co-chair of Dinacon and are a freelance journalist with bylines in CBC, This Magazine and Broken Pencil Magazine. They are a passionate arts educator and zinester. They are probably in the middle of too many projects right now.

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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. Currently the Certification database lists over 2700 individual certifications! In February we added […]

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3D Printer Review: TwoTrees SK1

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Manufacturer: TwoTreesPrice: $499URL: https://www.twotrees3dofficial.com/products/sk1-corexy-3d-printer-twotrees Features: unboxing The SK1 comes fully assembled, there’s really only a matter of pulling it out of the box, removing the foam padding, and taking out a few screws that hold safety blocks in place. After that, you do have to install the display but the process is very easy. in […]

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Staggering Layers For Added Strength In Your 3D Prints

Staggering Layers For Added Strength In Your 3D Prints

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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The constant hunt for more efficient and useful ways to use these 3d printers keeps turning up interesting results. For quite some time, people have speculated on various methods of arranging our 3d print layers for better adhesion and stronger results. Stefan from CNC Kitchen tackles the subject to see if there’s any validity to […]

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