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The US Version of The Great British Sewing Bee is Casting!

The US Version of The Great British Sewing Bee is Casting!

Are you obsessed withbThe Great British Sewing Bee? (Me too!) Love Productions is looking for Tri-State Area makers for an American version of the hit BBC series!

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Amazing Arduino-Powered Avengers John Steed Puppet

Amazing Arduino-Powered Avengers John Steed Puppet

Hand-made marionette uses Arduino to “speak” character quotes and react to movements.

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Eight Hacks from Breaking Bad

Eight Hacks from Breaking Bad

Being a scientist, Walter White of Breaking Bad is no stranger to the old fashioned hack. Here are some ones we like.

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Amazing Trailer for New Cosmos Series With Neil deGrasse Tyson

Amazing Trailer for New Cosmos Series With Neil deGrasse Tyson

As seen at Comic-Con International: San Diego this weekend, this trailer gives me great hope for this new version of Cosmos, one of the most beloved science fact television shows of all time, with a geek-favorite host.

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Weekend Projects – TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer

Weekend Projects – TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer

Combine an Arduino, infrared LEDs, and the open-source TV-B-Gone library to build a universal sleep-timer remote for any TV. For those layovers in motels on long road trips or for those who frequently fall asleep in front of the television, rest assured that your TV will be OFF when you awake, thanks to the TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer.

Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at https://makezine.com/projects/tv-go-sleep-universal-timer/

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The TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer & the Return of Weekend Projects!

The TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer & the Return of Weekend Projects!

Welcome back to Weekend Projects! This year we have lined up 20 more beginner-friendly electronics projects that you can begin and build in a weekend. We start off with the TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer, a novel twist on the classic TV-B-Gone kit, that turns an Arduino into a countdown sleep-timer remote.

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