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Set Up Your Own Private Smart Home

Set Up Your Own Private Smart Home

Kathy Giori

By Kathy Giori

Kathy Giori

KATHY GIORI is senior product manager at Mozilla; in previous roles she promoted open source hardware and software at Arduino, Qualcomm, and various startups. She holds degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota and Stanford.

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Smart home products, like dumb ones, fall into a couple different categories: there’s “fun and entertaining” and then there’s “practical.” Fun stuff when made smart tends to offer me the benefit of convenience; for example, I can ask a smart speaker to play my choice of music. Practical products can bring me added safety and […]

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Skill Builder: Learn The Types Of Gears

Skill Builder: Learn The Types Of Gears

Brian Bunnell

By Brian Bunnell

Brian Bunnell

By education, I am a mechanical engineer, but at heart, I am a tinkerer. My engineering and tinkering interests started very early (thanks to my dad), and I have since stayed busy experimenting with new ideas and creating interesting vehicles and other inventions.

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Samer Najia

By Samer Najia

Samer Najia

I build, therefore I am. I am serial builder of things with more projects than time (I am a flight instructor and I am building a full size 2-seater airplane in the garage). In addition to flying, I enjoy model rocketry ( I 3D print some of my designs) and the Martial Arts.

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Learn the options for transmitting movement in your mechanical projects

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Fix Our Planet, Part 2: Decarbonization Begins At Home

Fix Our Planet, Part 2: Decarbonization Begins At Home

Saul Griffith

By Saul Griffith

Saul Griffith

DR. SAUL GRIFFITH is founder and principal scientist at Otherlab, an independent R&D lab, where he focuses on engineering solutions for a clean energy, net-zero carbon economy. Occasionally making some pretty cool robots too. Saul got his PhD from MIT, and is a founder or co-founder of makanipower.com, sunfolding.com, voluteinc.com, treau.cool, departmentof.energy, materialcomforts.com, howtoons.com, and more. Saul was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007.

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Erase half your carbon footprint – just by electrifying your roof, your heat, and your wheels

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The Winganon Space Capsule: Oklahoma, We Have A Problem

The Winganon Space Capsule: Oklahoma, We Have A Problem

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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When Heather and Barry Thomas decided to commemorate their fifth wedding anniversary in 2011, they set out to do something a little out of the ordinary.

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Face Jam: Evade Facial Recognition

Face Jam: Evade Facial Recognition

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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Keep clear from recognition algorithms with these methods.

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