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Fresh Chevre Tutorial

Chèvre, which simply means “goat” in French, is an incredibly easy and versatile cheese to make.

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Flashback: Create a Container Garden

Flashback: Create a Container Garden

Gardening is a rewarding craft that bridges the gap between art and earth. Plants grow and thrive, and all they need to do it is a bit of water, sun and love. Provide your container gardens with some lush soil, and they, in turn, will provide an enriched environment and years of beauty.

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Baking with Geology!

Baking with Geology!

The Earth’s crust is divided into four major layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core. The crust is approximately 5-30 miles thick, being the thinnest at the oceanic layer (up to 5 miles thick) and the thickest at the continental layer (up to 30 miles thick).

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Plush Game Controller Looks Great on the Couch

Plush Game Controller Looks Great on the Couch

Becky over at Adafruit is taking the wraps off an all new project, a capacitive touch sensitive plush USB game controller. At the core of the project is the Adafruit Flora, which is connected to eight pads of conductive fabric. The Flora uses Modern Device’s Capacitive Sensing library to read whether or not you’re touching […]

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Ask MAKE: On Finishing Projects

Ask MAKE: On Finishing Projects

Ask MAKE is a monthly column where we answer your questions. Send your vexing conundrums on any aspect of making to askmake@makezine.com. If we don’t have the answer, we’ll scare up somebody who does. Tracy Wood said: “My problem is I start projects and don’t finish them!! ;(“

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Track Facebook Likes with Arduino

Track Facebook Likes with Arduino

Using an Arduino Uno equipped with an Ethernet Shield and an LCD Keypad shield, MAKE reader Kedume demonstrates how to create a simple text display for the number of likes on any Facebook page. I think that this is a great project for an Arduino beginner because all you need to do is stack the […]

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Easy Way Uses Arduino to Translate Subtitles on the Fly

Easy Way Uses Arduino to Translate Subtitles on the Fly

Using the Video Experimenter shield for Arduino, a group in Brazil developed a way to translate live closed captioning to a number of different languages. Called Easy Way Subtitles, the project uses the Video Experimenter Shield to get the closed captioning text from the broadcasted signal and turns it over to Google Translate. Viewers can […]

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