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Alasdair Allan in the House!

Gareth Branwyn — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:57:19 +0000

Alasdair Allan is joining our band of merry makers here on the MAKE site. Al is the author of a number of books on iOS, Arduino, and connecting them together. A couple of years ago, he and Pete Warden caused a privacy scandal by uncovering the fact that your iPhone […]

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Kid’s Toy Excavator

Gareth Branwyn — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:04 +0000

Our old pal, maker extraordinaire Craig Smith is back! And he brought a cool working bucket-loader toy with him.

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April Fools Contest Winners

Gareth Branwyn — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:54:51 +0000

On April Fools’ Day, we posted a couple of our own joke MAKE article teasers and a list of headlines we’d internally brainstormed. Then we asked you all to riff on these, either providing art for some of our headlines or creating your own. We promised three one-year subs to […]

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How-To: Print Circuit Layouts on Perfboard

Gareth Branwyn — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:00:02 +0000

Learn how to easily transfer a design onto perfboard to create a professional looking and easy to follow circuit layout. You need little more than your circuit design, a laser printer, and an iron.

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Bill Gurstelle Talks Making (and Makes a Potato Chip Speaker in the Process)

Gareth Branwyn — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:35:37 +0000

MAKE contributing editor Bill Gurstelle talks to students about the joys of making, invention, at TED-Ed, and in the process, creates a series of audio speakers from found/common materials, including one made out of a potato chip that sounds surprisingly good. Look for lots of awesome Bill Gurstelle projects in […]

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(Un)Happy Birthday, Grumpy Cat

Gareth Branwyn — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:05:29 +0000

It’s internet memetic phenom Grumpy Cat’s birthday. Whatever. Filed under: General

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Pitch Your Prototype!

Gareth Branwyn — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:55:54 +0000

The MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop, coming up May 14-15, 2013, has just issued a Call for Prototypes, in search of early stage products, projects, and ideas. Selected prototypes will be presented at the opening session of the Workshop, and featured in the Innovation Showcase on Tuesday, May 14. Each winning […]

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MAKE’s Annual Peeps Roundup

Gareth Branwyn — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:00:23 +0000

We have a tradition here at MAKE of celebrating the arrival of Spring (and Easter Sunday) with a survey of the latest and greatest in Peeps use (and abuse). People seem more interested in doing silly and bizarre things with Marshmallow Peeps than eating them. Part of what I wrote […]

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MAKE’s Craft Channel Wins Reader’s Choice Award

Gareth Branwyn — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:42:40 +0000

Our Craft channel wins the About.com Reader's Choice Award!

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How-To: Film “Bullet Time” with a Single GoPro Camera

Gareth Branwyn — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:00:59 +0000

Caleb Kraft from Hackaday sent us these videos that he created. In them, he shows you how to create a very convincing "bullet time" effect using a single GoPro camera and software.

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