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3D-Printed Smart Watch Wins Our Arduino Challenge, Heading to Maker Faire Rome

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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Arduino-compatible brain, Bluetooth LE connectivity, 3D-printed case, and open-source design.

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Maker Faire Rome: Highlights from Day 2

Maker Faire Rome: Highlights from Day 2

By Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Make: magazine, and the founder of the popular Boing Boing blog.

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Perfect weather brought a huge crowd to the Palazzo Congressi in Rome for the second day of Rome Maker Faire: The European Edition. I wandered up and down the marble lined halls of the building and discovered many innovative and pleasingly-designed creations.

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Make Faire Rome: Meet More Makers

Make Faire Rome: Meet More Makers

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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The line-up of makers at Rome’s first-ever Maker Faire (Oct. 3-6) is impressive. Here’s a look at some of who and what is on tap for the pan-European fair this fall.

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Sneak Preview of Maker Faire Rome Projects

Sneak Preview of Maker Faire Rome Projects

Massimo Banzi

By Massimo Banzi

Massimo Banzi

Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator and Open Source Hardware advocate.

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At the beginning of July we spent a couple of days going through all the submissions received to participate in Maker Faire Rome — the European Edition, taking place Oct. 3-6 in Italy. It was a great experience for us to discover makers’ projects from all around Europe, and the MakerTour gave us the chance to meet some of them and to produce 69 video clips to share this experience with all of you.

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