8 Types of Trash Every Maker Should Be Stoked to Score
You know what they say about one man’s trash. Keep your eyes on the curbside to come up on these perfectly useful items.
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10 Chore-Busting Projects to Build Before Labor Day Weekend
This Labor Day build a project to help automate your daily life. Don’t think about chores, just kick back and focus on what really matters.
Animatronic Chinese Lion Puts Robotic Spin on Traditional Dance
This large robotic lion dances at a Chinese trade show. It was built by Russell Cameron of DAGU Electronics.
Hands-On with Sphero’s Star Wars BB-8 Toy
An interactive toy version of everyone’s new favorite Star Wars droid, BB-8, is now rolling into retail stores.
Creepy Yet Beautiful: Jeweler Carves Pearls into Tiny Skulls
Shinji Nakaba uses precious metals and stones in addition to non-traditional sources for luxury jewelry, such as these carved pearls.
Homemade Motion Simulator Is Like a Spaceship in Your Living Room
This homemade 6DOF motion simulator rocks and rolls like a professional rig.
You Can Create Fantastical Landscapes with a Kinect-Powered Sandbox. Here’s How
These interactive displays use sand to allow you to scoop, smash, and splatter structures that are then analyzed by a Kinect and projected as a topographical map.