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The Curious Case of Underwater Drones at CES

The Curious Case of Underwater Drones at CES

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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The one new trend we spotted at CES 2019: lots and lots of underwater rovers.

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DJI’s Tiny Osmo Pocket Camera Looks Good For Stablized Project Documenting

DJI’s Tiny Osmo Pocket Camera Looks Good For Stablized Project Documenting

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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A few years ago, the only options for camera stabilizers were awkward rigs that required carefully balanced passive gimbals, or clunky, large weights strapped to the bottom of a camera to add shake-reducing mass. As the drone industry has pushed micro-gimbal technology forward, it’s fascinating to see it become implemented in tinier and cheaper platforms. […]

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Terrorize the Skies With This DIY R/C Flying Witch

Terrorize the Skies With This DIY R/C Flying Witch

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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Capture the spookiness of the autumn season with a life-size witch flying on a broom high in the skies.

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What Happened to the Drones From Zano, the

What Happened to the Drones From Zano, the $3 Million Dollar Failed Kickstarter?

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. email me at caleb (at) make.co or You can find me on tiktok, talking about my animals at TikTok

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Many of you probably remember the Zano drone, a kickstarter that raised over 3 million dollars, then collapsed, failing to deliver functional drones to backers. I’m not going to get into why it failed, but rather what happened to all those tiny drone bodies, circuit boards, and motors that were left over as the company […]

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Raining Blood? Drone-Flown Vital Fluid Network Proposed for Palo Alto

Raining Blood? Drone-Flown Vital Fluid Network Proposed for Palo Alto

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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If implemented, this network can deliver supplies from a blood bank to the hospital in minutes.

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Check Out This Sneaky Railway Smuggler Tram

Check Out This Sneaky Railway Smuggler Tram

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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This goes without saying, but don’t build one of these.

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That’s No Moon! That’s a Death Star Drone

That’s No Moon! That’s a Death Star Drone

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. email me at caleb (at) make.co or You can find me on tiktok, talking about my animals at TikTok

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You have to see this amazing Death Star drone mod! It’s huge and it’s taking on planets and rebel fighters in this video from Flitetest.

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