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6 Sci-Fi Cat Dwellings That Let Your Pet Make a Giant Leap for Feline-kind

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Does your cat spend all day dreaming of exploring the stars? Well, there’s no way to prove they don’t, so here’s six Sci-Fi cat houses.

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Dad Builds Epic Star Trek Playset for His Son

Dad Builds Epic Star Trek Playset for His Son

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Maker David Weiberg built this amazing Star Trek: TOS Enterprise bridge playset for his young son.

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The Wreath of Khan

Behold, the Wreath of Khan

By Donald Bell

Donald Bell

I make stuff, play music, and sometimes make stuff that plays music. Fan of donuts, Arduino, BEAM robotics, skateboarding, Buckminster Fuller, and blinking lights.

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Fans of puns and Star Trek had better be on red alert. I present to you, The Wreath of Khan! Conceived by illustrator Josh Ellingson, this Ricardo Montalbán-enclosing holiday garland is a quick and easy project for the Trekker home. And once it’s up, you get the pleasure (if not the obligation) to muster your […]

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Mom Transforms Dolls into Sci-Fi Heroines

Mom Transforms Dolls into Sci-Fi Heroines

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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Can’t find any dolls of your favorite superheroine? Check out these DIY dolls and use the inspiration for your own builds!

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Building an Incredibly Detailed Star Trek Galileo Shuttlecraft

Building an Incredibly Detailed Star Trek Galileo Shuttlecraft

Roger Garrett

By Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett

Roger is a retired software engineer. He worked on everything from military computers (UNIVAC AN/YUK-7) for nuclear submarines, to DEC PDP-11s, to PCs, to the latest microprocessors (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.). Author of The Inventors Sketchpad column in Interface Age magazine for several years, and Star Ship Simulation, a book about how a set of small computers could be networked to simulate the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, written and published long before the advent of personal computers. Founder and current president of Hawaii Inventors Association.

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I’ve been a lifelong fan of Star Trek and was motivated, like many other students at the time, by the original TV series (as well the amazing space programs at NASA) to pursue a career in engineering. I even wrote a book, Starship Simulation. So, when I heard about the restoration project by Adam & Leslie […]

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Gingerbread Starship U.S.S. Enterprise

Gingerbread Starship U.S.S. Enterprise

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft

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This Christmas, one bakery chose to boldly go where no gingerbread man has gone before. Black Market Bakery in Costa Mesa California has created this incredible homage to the original Star Trek series with their faithful gingerbread recreation of the NCC-1701 U.S.S. Enterprise. The attention to detail is incredible. Any Trekkie will look at this and […]

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