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7 DIY Death Stars You Can Build

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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From a Death Star that can fit in the palm of your hand to one you could actually live in, we gathered the coolest DIY Death Stars.

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Technology Is the New Rock and Roll at Bilbao Maker Faire

Technology Is the New Rock and Roll at Bilbao Maker Faire

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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Spain’s first featured Maker Faire is going to rock!

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Laney FabLab Dodecahedron

Plywood Dodecahedron Snaps into Single Piece Construction

By Donald Bell

Donald Bell

I make stuff, play music, and sometimes make stuff that plays music. Fan of donuts, Arduino, BEAM robotics, skateboarding, Buckminster Fuller, and blinking lights.

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Members of Oakland, California’s Laney College FabLab showed off a large plywood dodecahedron at the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire. The room-sized structure was cut using CNC fabrication and fits together without any need for glue or nails, making it relatively easy to set up and break down. Aside from serving as a great project for the FabLab’s […]

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How to Build a 20-Foot Functional Geodesic Dome Out of PVC

How to Build a 20-Foot Functional Geodesic Dome Out of PVC

Eric Schimelpfenig

By Eric Schimelpfenig

Eric Schimelpfenig

Eric Schimelpfenig is a kitchen and bath designer and the founder of SketchThis.net. His passion is taking pencil and paper operations and converting them to the 3D world—he has created 3D content for companies large and small, and continues to turn to Home Depot for his building material needs. Having worked with Google on Sketchup software’s development, Eric is now on a three-year nationwide teaching tour in collaboration with Kitchen & Bath Design News.

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A geodesic dome made of PVC may be the most cost-effective method of building a structurally solid yet transportable shelter.

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40 Foot Geodesic Dome Looks Amazing Lit Up

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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What do you get when you combine a 40 foot diameter geodesic dome with LED strips and acrylic panels? Apparently something really amazing, as seen in the videos below. This dome was set up at burning man, making for an interesting space where one can be enclosed in light or open to the environment if […]

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