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An Incredible Visual Tour of the 4th annual Maker Faire North Carolina

Nick Normal — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:29 +0000

From Star Wars cosplay to speampunk automata, from circuit bending to hacking t-shirts, from flying aerodromes to autonomous robots, here's a tour of the 4th annual Maker Faire North Carolina held in Raleigh on June 15, 2013!

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Circuit Bending Bacteria with the Fuel Cell Symphony

Nick Normal — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:30 +0000

A look at Gilberto Esparza's latest project, the Fuel Cell Symphony, which converts water samples and the unique bacterial agents contained therein into audio. Esparza refers to his art-meets-science setup as "DJ Microscope."

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Tested In-Depth: Getting Started with Arduino

Nick Normal — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:45:23 +0000

The folks from Tested have released a practical guide to the most common Arduino boards, that also includes a cameo of the Make: Special Edition Arduino Uno. Projects demoed include a countdown timer, motorized turret, handheld pong gaming device, and Arduino Robot.

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Fitzcardboardaldo is a Cardboard Fitzcarraldo Animation

Nick Normal — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:59:36 +0000

Fitzcardboardaldo is a short animation remake of the 1982 Werner Herzog film Fitzcarraldo made with cardboard and lots of hot glue!

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World Maker Faire New York Call for Makers is Now Live!

Nick Normal — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:59:36 +0000

The first Town Hall for 2013's World Maker Faire New York was last night. Here are some pictures from the event, along with announcing the launch of the Call for Makers for our 4th annual World Maker Faire!

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Kitty City, Craftastic Cat Metropolis

Nick Normal — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00:38 +0000

Kitty City was a one-day kitten adoption even held at Flux Factory in Queens, NYC. The cat metropolis was built by kids, artists, and city planners alike, following four build workshops in May.

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Crowdsourced Colors with Control My (Graduation) Cap

Nick Normal — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:52:06 +0000

New York-based maker and recent Cornell electrical engineering graduate Jeremy Blum built a glowing LED cap for his graduation. The colors are crowdsourced via a website and controlled from a Raspberry Pi that Jeremy wears on his wrist.

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Inside a Brooklyn Hackerspace with Alpha One Labs

Nick Normal — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:36:08 +0000

Amidst the flurry of excitement that was Maker Faire earlier this month, one thing that got overlooked in my own NYC backyard was the Grand re-opening of north Brooklyn's community hackerspace Alpha One Labs. Thankfully PC Mag's Chris Snyder & Edward Schneckloth stopped by to interview founder Sean Auriti and member Robert DeLanghe

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5 Million LEGO Brick Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter

Nick Normal — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:45:02 +0000

Thirty-two builders took 5.3m LEGO bricks and 17,000 hours to assemble this X-wing starfighter, unveiled yesterday in NYC's Times Square. It will be on view there for a few more days before heading to California for permanent install at LEGOLAND.

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The Toa Mata Drumbots Return

Nick Normal — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:56 +0000

Italian maker and sound producer Giuseppe Acito returns with his robot percussion band by combining LEGO Bionicle bots, Arduino Uno, and an iPad MIDI sequencer app.

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