Robotics

Building a Better You: Makers Hack the Human Body

Building a Better You: Makers Hack the Human Body

Aided by affordable materials, 3D printers, and open source technology, the merging of human and machine is a thriving subset of the maker community. Next week’s World Maker Faire New York will showcase a number of these projects and the makers who made them. These projects are also a testament to the best impulses of human nature: once we possess new skills and technology we look for ways to use them as a force for good and to share them with others.

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Maker Faire Detroit: Day Two

Maker Faire Detroit: Day Two

Maker Faire Detroit was hopping on the second and final day of the Faire. ย There was so much to see and do that today’s installment of images is just shy of double the number from Day One. No matter how many images you look at there is no substitute for checking out a Faire in person. Don’t worry, there are plenty of Maker Faires big and small, so check one out!

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A Real “Man of Steel”

A Real “Man of Steel”

Have you ever talked with someone and just gotten a sense that they were a really good person? I felt that way after speaking with Mark Haygood about his full scale humanoid robot, Hex. He has big plans to improve Hex and develop him into a kit that can be used by schools and youth programs to interest kids in technology.

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