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Tilt-Rotor Quad Goes Crazy Fast

Tilt-Rotor Quad Goes Crazy Fast

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Design boasts 53 mph airspeed at less than half of full-forward prop tilt.

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Droneposal: The World’s First Marriage Proposal by Drone?

Droneposal: The World’s First Marriage Proposal by Drone?

By Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane

"To oppose something is to maintain it." –Ursula Le Guin

Currently: NEO.LIFE Alum: Instructables and MAKE

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When dreaming of ideas for the perfect marriage proposal for his girlfriend, San Francisco’s Jason Muscat wanted something unforgettable. What about having the ring fly in from the sky and land at her feet? Yes. And the vehicle to do it? A hexacopter.

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How to Improve a RC Quadcopter Design

How to Improve a RC Quadcopter Design

Ping Fu

By Ping Fu

Ping Fu

VP & Chief Entrepreneur Officer, 3D Systems

Honored in 2005 by Inc. Magazine as Entrepreneur of the Year, Ping Fu describes herself as an artist and scientist whose chosen expression is business. In 1997, Ping co-founded Geomagic, a 3D imaging software company, which was acquired by 3D Systems in February 2013. Before co-founding Geomagic, Ping was involved in the NCSA Mosaic software that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer. Ping serves on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Commerce and on the board of directors at the Long Now Foundation. Ping’s book “Bend, Not Break” was published by Portfolio Penguin in January 2013.

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My job at 3D Systems gives me the 3D tools to tinker at a high level. The highest level, really, considering we’ve got scanning, design, and 3D printing right here. I’m a lucky guy. So when my quadcopter started to show some of its design flaws, I took to a Batcave’s worth of equipment around here that’s just waiting to be used.

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Micro UFO Quadcopter: A Quad for a Newbie

Micro UFO Quadcopter: A Quad for a Newbie

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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I’ve already got one of my son’s Christmas presents picked out: Micro UFO Quadcopter. But the truth is the copter isn’t just for him. It’s for me, too.

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Riley Morgan: Drone Pilot and Young Entrepreneur

Riley Morgan: Drone Pilot and Young Entrepreneur

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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Riley Morgan is an enterprising young man who makes his own multicopters and provides aerial photography and video services.

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Seven Maker Faire NY Projects that Look Cool Before they Even Work

Seven Maker Faire NY Projects that Look Cool Before they Even Work

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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It’s a great feeling to look at something a maker brings to the Faire and know it’s going to be awesome even though they’re still putting the pieces together.

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See AeroQuad at World Maker Faire

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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AeroQuad is a quadcopter project that freely shares its software and hardware, and is controlled by an Arduino Uno or Mega, or alternatively, AeroQuad’s STM32-based flight control board which packs a magnetometer, gyroscope and accelerometer.

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