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Radio Shack Unveils the New Delta Series Mini PC Board at Maker Faire

Marc de Vinck — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:29:31 +0000

Radio Shack is showing off a sample of their new Delta Series mini PC boards at Maker Faire.

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Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board

Andrew Terranova — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:12 +0000

Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux.

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Tinkercad is Back! Autodesk is Buying It

Keith Hammond — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:59:05 +0000

Autodesk announced today they’ve signed a deal to acquire Tinkercad and revive the popular web-based 3D design tool and its growing community of makers and educators.

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Maker Faire a Place for Innovators

Andrew Terranova — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:41 +0000

A host of hopeful startups will be in evidence today the Bay Area Maker Faire. The fair's list of sponsors includes a startup category. Maker Faire is a chance for many of these companies to show their products to an appreciative audience. The relationship goes deep; the companies were started by people who identify themselves as makers. Being part of Maker Faire is sort of like a family graduation day party. There is even a dedicated startup area at Maker Faire. Here is a sampling of small innovative startups have timed the release of significant news with Maker Faire.

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Building a Punchtape Reader

John Baichtal — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:34 +0000

NYC Resistor’s phooky built a punchtape reader to read some old punchtapes. After an initial attempt, he built a new reader: This time I used proper phototransistors and IR LEDs I scrounged up around the space (thanks, Miria and Raphael!). Because they’re 5mm in diameter (and the spacing between channels […]

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New MAKE Video Series: Projects with Ryan Slaugh

Stett Holbrook — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:47:29 +0000

Today we debut a new monthly video series: Projects with Ryan Slaugh. Each new episode will air on the first Tuesday of the month. The series aims to help people with their own projects by giving them ideas, techniques, and inspiration. While most projects will be electronics related, many built around Arduino and Raspberry Pi, some projects will offer insight on using specialized tools and working with different materials. The projects will range from easy to challenging and from application-based to something done just for fun. In his first video, Ryan will show us how to make an Arduino-powered, Pelican case-based mobile prototyping platform for writing code, arranging tools, and all around making.

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Mapping Buildings with a Kinect

John Baichtal — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:09:47 +0000

This cool mapping system created by MIT uses a Kinect motion tracker, a laser range finder, GPS, and inertial sensors to map out the interior of a building. [via Beyond the Beyond] Filed under: Computers & Mobile, Science

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Tool Review: BioLite CampStove

Keith Hammond — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:13:52 +0000

We're impressed with the BioLite CampStove, a fan-stoked, twig-fueled rocket stove with a thermoelectric module that converts heat into electricity to charge your cell phone or other device.

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DIY Hacks & How To’s: Get Emergency Power from a Phone Line

Jason Poel Smith — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:10:32 +0000

What do you do if the power is out, but you need to charge your cell phone to make an emergency phone call? In this episode of DIY Hacks & How To's, Jason Poel Smith shows you how to tap the power flowing from your phone line.

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The Kindleberry Wireless

Alasdair Allan — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:52 +0000

An updated wireless version of the the Kindleberry, a combination of theRaspberry Pi and the Amazon Kindle, using the new Kindle Paperwhite.

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