This Week in Making: Star Wars Droids, Comic Con, and Deadly Paper Cuts
This Week in Making looks a Star Wars droid puppet, a makerspace in South Africa, Silicon Valley Comic Con, and murderous paper.
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That’s No Moon! That’s a Death Star Drone
You have to see this amazing Death Star drone mod! It’s huge and it’s taking on planets and rebel fighters in this video from Flitetest.
Take a Tour of Xrobots’ Star Wars Droid Menagerie
James Bruton collection of functional Star Wars droids is amazing and totally DIY!
Talk to Your Friends Like a Star Wars Droid with Particle Photon
Have secret conversations and sound like an adorable droid at the same time!
Building a Life-Size Replica of Poe Dameron’s X-Wing
You know you want to get up into the cockpit of this X-Wing.
How to Hack a Talking Chewbacca Mask
John Park replaces the fixed audio chip on his Chewie mask with a programmable one. Hilarity ensues.
This Week in Making: Documentaries, Droids, and Designing Rovers
This week we watched some very cool documentaries, learned how BB-8 really works, and got a closer look at JPL’s “mixed reality” initiative.
