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Hands on with the Redgrass R9 Desk Lamp for Creative People

Hands on with the Redgrass R9 Desk Lamp for Creative People

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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It’s a lamp. How special can it be? That’s what I was thinking when I accepted an offer to try out the Redgrass R9 Desk Lamp. Despite not being a particular fan of the concept of “unboxing” — or even the word — from the instant it arrived, I knew that I was in for […]

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Manly Leg Lamp Puts a Twist on the Classic Christmas Story Light

Manly Leg Lamp Puts a Twist on the Classic Christmas Story Light

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in 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, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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This piece of art is a great take on the film’s gaudy original, although I don’t know that it’d be any less embarrassing for the rest of the family.

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Darbin Orvar: A Minimalist Articulated LED Lamp

Darbin Orvar: A Minimalist Articulated LED Lamp

Darbin Orvar

By Darbin Orvar

Darbin Orvar

Linn from the Darbin Orvar Youtube channel is originally from Sweden and has been making things all her life. She enjoys working in her shop on a variety of projects from electronics to woodworking, using hand tools and power tools.

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Darbin Orvar is back with another fantastic build. This time she’s making an articulated LED lamp perfect for task lighting.

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Foamcore Lamp design.

Here’s Why You Should Prototype with Foamcore

By Ian Gonsher

Ian Gonsher

Ian Gonsher is a artist, designer, and educator at Brown University. His interests include the interdisciplinary intersections of design process and creative practice, with a focus on the ways we can learn and teach to design better experiences for everyone. He enjoys collaborating with students on design projects, with current interests that include STEAM, critical design/critical futures, and making things like robots and furniture.

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Brown University’s Ian Gonsher shares tips and best practices for prototyping low resolution designs in foamcore.

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This Adorable Robotic Pixar Lamp Recognizes Your Face

This Adorable Robotic Pixar Lamp Recognizes Your Face

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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This Pixar robotic desk lamp was inspired by the cute animated short “Luxo Jr.” and shares some of the same curiosity and playfulness.

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