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Build a Rechargeable Rocket Launcher That Shoots Over 300 Feet

Build a Rechargeable Rocket Launcher That Shoots Over 300 Feet

Lance Akiyama

By Lance Akiyama

Lance Akiyama

Lance Akiyama combines tinkering and education into a single aspiration: to create a better world by inspiring the next generation of innovators with exciting hands-on projects. He has created project-based learning tutorials on Instructables.com, started an after-school engineering service, and is currently employed as a STEM-based curriculum developer for Galileo Learning. Lance spends his free time designing elaborate plans for advanced contraptions, keeping journals in cryptic backwards writing, and attempting to fly by strapping paper wings to his arms and leaping from rooftops. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

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This rocket launcher is portable, rechargeable, powerful, and awesome looking! Watch as it launches rockets 300 feet away.

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The Great Make: Rocketry Round-Up

The Great Make: Rocketry Round-Up

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Check out some of the amazing rocketry projects and articles we have featured over the years.

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Make a rocket with help from Sprout by HP.

Video: Watch His Rocket Project for Kids, with Help from Sprout by HP

By Patrick Houston

Patrick Houston

Patrick Houston is a veteran technology editor and online publishing executive. He is a former editor-in-chief of CNET, and he led the team that launched Yahoo Tech. He is also a media entrepreneur who believes the Maker Movement is at the cutting edge of a new economic epoch that will thrive on inventors, startups, and the 'micro-enterprise.'

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The project became more alive to share and easier for kids to complete.

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East Bay Mini Maker Faire

East Bay Mini Maker Faire

By David Scheltema

David Scheltema

I love to tinker and write about electronics. My days are spent building projects and working as a Technical Editor for MAKE.

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Last Sunday, the Park Day School and Studio One Art Center hosted the East Bay Mini Maker Faire. With over 170 makers showing off their latest projects and four stages packed with hours of presentations, the faire had something for everyone. One of the more exciting moments came from the crate stacking climb. Luckily, Make:‘s […]

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How-To: Cut Air Rockets with Your Silhouette Digital Cutter

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Your summer just got a whole lot more awesome! If you’ve got a Silhouette digital cutter, you’re mere steps away from rocketry bliss thanks to this fantastic downloadable Silhouette air rocket cutting template.

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