Radio Antennas in the Wild
Get the skinny on all types of antennas with this primer and radio antenna field guide.
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Wicked Wings – 3 Ways to Spread Your Costume Wings
Rise above the rest by adding wicked articulating wings to your next costume.
Little Props and Horrors! Haunted House Roundup
Tis the season… to spook the neighborhood. Here’s how to make five haunted halloween props for your house of horrors.
How to Track a Shark
When scientists tracked great white sharks to a mysterious mid-Pacific hangout, they nicknamed it the White Shark Café — are they eating, or meeting? What’s going on out there? Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) researcher Dr. Sal Jorgensen wanted eyes on the scene, so he and engineer Thomas Maughan at sister institution MBARI developed a Shark […]
How To Use AI To Build Optimized Models In Fusion 360: Generative Design
Autodesk recently added a futuristic function to its Fusion 360 design software. The new Generative Design workspace uses cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software that designs mesh and T-spline models with parameters that you provide. It’s called generative because the software generates dozens or hundreds of solutions from those parameters. If you don’t like any of […]
Minoring in the Majors: A Crash Course in Making
Have you ever thought about how makers measure their success? Obviously, making a successful project is a pretty good sign. But, what about the times where a project doesn’t work like you envision? I’m talking about when the making process of brainstorming, prototyping, and creating results in, well, nothing. A flop. A failure. A pile […]
Across The Sea, Eventually
What began as a joke between college kids quickly morphed into a challenge, an obsession, and years later, careers in the industry and a startup of our own.