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Here’s a great KQED interview with Adam Savage, called “Permission to Make.” 
Some mornings you just don't want to get out of bed. We've all got our own methods for starting the day, but few are quite so...electric...as this this one spotted at Maker Faire over the weekend. 
[Styropyro] did a great job of taking common parts and making an interesting item. 
DIY Sonic DIstance Sensors to Improve Your Parallel ParkingLifehackerIf your car doesn't have that feature, DIY blog Mad Science has put together a tutorial to roll your own sensor system with an Arduino. 
You're all most likely familiar with robotics competitions from your high school days– whether you were on the team, or judging those who were nerdy enough to be. But these days, competition robots have risen to a whole ... 
[Video Link] It was so great to see Adam Savage at Maker Faire again this year. Thousands of people crammed into the the giant Fiesta Hall for Adam's presentation. Adam started by talking about his fedora, which is a replica ... 
Using a vessel’s buoyancy like a sailplane uses its height to generate forward movement, this system would use both positive and negative buoyancy. 
Shane Walton posted up a tutorial on Make: Projects outlining how to make hammered coin rings. It’s neat how you can still see some of the official coin relief design on the inside, while the outside is smooth and shiny. 
With every passing project I feel like my basement is being converted from a living only area, to a work and project area. Computers being built, gadgets being taken apart, Lego projects all around. 
An Arduino-based NeuroSky MindWave neurofeedback therapy device for Autism, ADHD and Asperger's therapy using standard Video Games. 
A robot petting zoo at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012? Might possibly get it wrong? Nothing, actually. The children loved it -- the particular robots. 
Inspired by steampunk graphic novel The Five Fists of Science, Dr. Horrible Rob Flickenger set out to make his own handheld, field-generating Tesla coil gun. |
[from dajbelshaw] This Week in Ed-Tech News: Making More Makers: This week's ed-tech news: Making More Makers h... 
In July 2004, Astronaut Mike Fincke melted some solder aboard the International Space Station. The behavior of the solder’s rosin in zero gravity is fascinating to watch. 
[Timo] didn’t want to look like every other lighted driveway but using solar path lights. Instead he decided to light it up as if it were a runway. It’s easy to look at the result as cute and move on to the next hack. 
I've been to every Maker Faire Bay Area from the second one (and both World Maker Faires in NY). Every Faire seems “special,” but this year's was special in some unique ways to me. I could feel something stirring, amongst ... 
This is one of my favorite stories of an eleventh-hour save of a Maker Faire project. Makers Sophi Kravitz and Ollie Tanner built an 8′ bar graph that indicates the signal strength of nearby cell phones. 
ETH Zurich researchers are trying to design an intelligent robot that can use a hot glue gun to manufacture tools. 
Give your garden lights a little bit more life by changing out the LEDs. In the process, you can also choose a different color if you like. 
Every year, my family looks forward to Maker Faire, a family-friendly celebration of DIY mayhem, with eager anticipation. But when venture capitalists get involved in the maker movement, you know something new is afoot. 
Another Faire has come and gone, leaving thousands of people hyper-inspired and super tired. I no longer have a voice, but I’m sure it’ll be arriving any moment now at my front door, like a piece of hand-delivered lost luggage. 
Simple Bots is a fun, easy way to make basic robots out of random household items. 
The fan motor on [Pete's] oscillating tower fan conked out on him. It’s a shame to throw away the whole thing, but it’s near impossible to source parts for a small appliance like this one. 
It should really go without saying that Hackday LOVES hackerspaces. We want to support hackerspaces to the best of our ability. There have been many ideas tossed around, like a hackerspace directory, or hackerspace ... Via Gabriela Avram |
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