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Maker Pro News: Crowdfunding Tips, Open Source Filament, and More

Maker Pro News: Crowdfunding Tips, Open Source Filament, and More

By DC Denison

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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Get crowdfunding tips for both backers and producers, plus the latest news for professional makers.

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Maker Pro News: Maker Faire Edition

Maker Pro News: Maker Faire Edition

By DC Denison

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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This week maker pros brought the stuff to World Maker Faire, plus interesting medical makers.

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First Look: Bean+ Microcontroller Adds Greater Range, Better Battery, and More

First Look: Bean+ Microcontroller Adds Greater Range, Better Battery, and More

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Today Punch Through Design launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Bluetooth LE Arduino-compatible microcontroller board the Bean+.

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Bring Nugget Ice Home with a Crowdsourced Design

Bring Nugget Ice Home with a Crowdsourced Design

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. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft and on youtube

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FirstBuild is trying to give their community and consumers at large the opportunity to have nugget ice at home, right where they want it.

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Hacked Machine Knits Custom Mathematical Scarves

Hacked Machine Knits Custom Mathematical Scarves

By Fabien Royer

Fabien Royer

Software developer, autodidact hardware hacker. Founder of two startups and Microsoft alumni. Making and hacking things has been my passion ever since I was a kid. I love discovering the work of other Makers and writing about their achievements. You can find out more about me here.

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Fabienne Serriere has created an knitting machine that turns algorithmically-generated patterns into unique scarves and wraps.

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