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DIY Haunts update, fourth newsletter shipped!

DIY Haunts is our contest where you can win fabulous Jameco Electronics and MAKE/Maker Shed prizes by building the coolest and scariest Halloween animatronic prop around. Check out the contest landing page for complete rules, an archive of our weekly contest newsletters, as well as links to tons of inspiring, spine-tingling projects. Newsletter subscribers will […]

DIY Haunts: Now accepting submissions!

If you’re participating in this year’s Halloween contest, and ready to submit your creation, now’s the time! We’ve created a submission page where you can show us what you’ve made. If you’ve missed out on the news, DIY Haunts is our contest where you can win fabulous Jameco Electronics and MAKE/Maker Shed prizes by building […]

Halloween contest on Thingiverse

Halloween contest on Thingiverse

MakerBot Industries is sponsoring a contest: the coolest 3d-printable design wins a spool of glow-in-the-dark ABS: The temperature is dropping, and so are the leaves. That can only mean one thing – Halloween is ominously looming. To get you in the spirit of the season, we want you to design Halloween things – anything ghoulish, […]

DIY Haunts contest update

DIY Haunts contest update

DIY Haunts is upon us! This year’s Halloween contest, sponsored by Jameco Electronics, challenges makers to build the creepiest animatronic prop possible using sound, motion, and light. You can either design your own masterpiece or follow along as we build the Spooky Fun Tombstone Project, a scary styrofoam tombstone that splits in half while lighting […]

Announcing the Make It Last build series

Announcing the Make It Last build series

Welcome to Make It Last, a project build series and contest, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. Over the coming months, we’re going to cover a series of three project builds, demonstrating some of the finer points of low-power microcontroller design. We’re hoping these will be fun, informative projects and a good introduction to using “bare” […]

DIY Haunts kicks off

Our DIY Haunts contest is in high gear now and we’re stoked. Whether it’s a skull fountaining green slime or a coffin full of robot spiders, this is your opportunity to share your spooky build-skills. The contest is open to all skill levels, and is sponsored by Jameco Electronics. If you’d like to participate, you […]