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Big Girl Character Out for a Stroll

Every once in a while you find a project that is just bizarre. I am not certain what the story is behind this mammoth puppet but I am certain it is interesting. What I can tell you is that this video is a behind the scenes documentation of a project done in Australia byJohn Cox’s […]

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Self assembling Buildings in the future?

MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits and his students are working on a way to make Buildings that assemble themselves. By embedding computers into the bricks and other building materials the structural components will be able to communicate the design intent to each piece so that they can collaborate on achieving the desired form. Skylar Tibbit’s research […]

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DIY Lego 3D CNC milling machine

I admire people who tackle big projects with everyday items. Arthur Sacek built a DIY Lego 3D CNC milling machine completely from Lego. Sacek is a member of Brazil’s ZOOM Education for Life, a 13-year-old company that is developing innovative learning projects in cooperation with LEGO Education. Sacek made his Mini CNC milling machine using […]

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Makerslide Test pieces shown for the first time

  Kickstarter backers of the Makerslide project got their first glimpse of the sample batch of Makerslide extrusion. Makerslide extrusions are a low cost alternative for creating bearing surfaces for CNC machine building. Project founder Barton Dring posted pictures of two 4′ long sections of the material on his kickstarter project page. These are samples […]

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Detroit Makers Faire

I am making a pilgrimage to the Detroit Makers Faire. This will be my first event after reading about them for years. Hopefully this will live up to my expectations. I will post more when I have Internet access.

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