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Building a String Art Robot Looks Difficult

Building a String Art Robot Looks Difficult

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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Paul’s string art robot is impressive, but the path he took to get there – as well as the persistence required – is what is really impressive

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This Fashion Accessory Will Clue Your Peers In To Your Cognitive Load

This Fashion Accessory Will Clue Your Peers In To Your Cognitive Load

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 eyes are the window to the soul. This unique item from Anouk Wipprecht uses eyes to give us a clear view into your cognitive load.

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Review of mBot Neo

Review of mBot Neo

Gillian Mutti

By Gillian Mutti

Gillian Mutti

About Gillian Mutti serves as the Director of Marketing for Make: and also holds the role of Co-Producer for Maker Faire.

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What is the mBot Neo, anyway? The mBot Neo a coding robot that makes learning interactive, engaging, and loads of fun! With its cutting-edge technology, this educational robot takes learning to a whole new level by showcasing real-world applications, and we need to mention lego compatibility too. How To Put mBot Neo Together The instructions […]

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Review: Seeed SenseCAP T1000 LoRaWAN Tracker

Review: Seeed SenseCAP T1000 LoRaWAN Tracker

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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Manufacturer: Seeed Kickstarter Campaign Price: $29 Seeed SenseCAP T1000 LoRaWAN Tracker Many years ago, I set my backpack up with…its own server. Just a little Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless, but it could provide access to files, along with various other things, including tracking its location and alerting me to changes via IFTTT. The problem was […]

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A Watershed Moment: Apple’s Endorsement of Right to Repair in California

A Watershed Moment: Apple’s Endorsement of Right to Repair in California

Kyle Wiens

By Kyle Wiens

Kyle Wiens

Kyle Wiens is the co-founder of iFixit (ifixit.org), the free repair manual. iFixit's open source community has taught millions of people how to fix everything from iPhones to Volvos.

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For years, we’ve been fighting for your right to fix your stuff, and it’s finally paying off. In a move that’s tantamount to the Berlin Wall of tech monopolies crumbling, Apple has officially endorsed California’s Right to Repair Bill, SB 244. A Long Time Coming The iFixit team and an incredible coalition has spent the […]

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Open Source Hardware Certifications For July 2023

Open Source Hardware Certifications For July 2023

Katherine Scott

By Katherine Scott

Katherine Scott

Kat is presently the ROS developer advocate at Intrinsic, an Alphabet company (formerly Open Robotics). She is a co-founder of Tempo Automation (electronics manufacturing) and Sight Machine (manufacturing analytics) and led image analytics teams at Planet (satellite imagery) and 3Scan (medical imagery). Kat holds a masters degree in computer science from Columbia University and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from the University of Michigan. She also serves on the board of the Open Source Hardware Association as its Open Hardware Certification Chair.

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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 2300 individual certifications! In June we added […]

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a person with a mining helmet on. the helmet is covered in circuits and wires

Keeping Miners Safe With Arduino

Maker Faire Rome

By Maker Faire Rome

Maker Faire Rome

Europe's largest Maker Faire, happening in Rome October 20-22

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Note: If you are considering a vacation in Italy in October, remember that Maker Faire Rome The European Edition, one of the world’s largest Maker Faires, will be taking place in Rome from the 20th to the 22nd. The mining industry, often hailed as the backbone of the Indian economy, plays a crucial role in […]

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