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Lisa Winter Goes Back to Her Maker Roots on BattleBots

Lisa Winter Goes Back to Her Maker Roots on BattleBots

By Tim E. Walker

Tim E. Walker

Tim has been writing about technology as a journalist, analyst, and marketer for more than 15 years. He enjoys reading (fiction, science, history, business, you name it), lifting weights, traveling, spending time with his family, and hiking the trails in his hometown of Austin.

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Lisa Winter was 10 years old when she started competing in the first BattleBots show in 1996, and she’s back ABCs reboot with Mega Tento.

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Over the Top: A Brief History of 21st Century BattleMechs

Over the Top: A Brief History of 21st Century BattleMechs

By James Tiberius Burke

James Tiberius Burke

is a graphic designer for Make: Magazine. His life is defined by three B's: Bikes, Burgers, Battlestar Galactica. Tiny electric car enthusiast and founder of the Power Racing Series. (www.powerracingseries.org)

Also helped start a hackerspace that one time and tricked himself into thinking he didn't write this in the third person.

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When historians of the future look back on the history of giant mechanized robot warriors, they’ll say it all started with BattleBots.

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Robot Battles Are Coming to Your Living Room

Robot Battles Are Coming to Your Living Room

By Jordan Bunker

Jordan Bunker

Technical Editor at Maker Media. Maker. Hacker. Artist. Sometimes Scientist. Pretengineer. Builder of things. Maker of stuff.

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Ever wanted your own personal BattleBot competition? Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what the Bot Bash Party service delivers. When you book a party, one of their seasoned robot battle professionals will bring an arena and four remote-controlled battle robots straight to your door. You can duke it out with your friends while […]

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