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Flashback: Rock 'N' Roll speakers

After last week's Teach Your Family to Solder announcement, I couldn't help but think of this cool little project as perfect soldering practice. The Rock 'N' Roll Speakers first appeared… Read more »

Re: MAKE IT! event in Santa Fe, NM, Aug 7-9

Re: MAKE IT! is a three day festival of installations, music, and workshops highlighting the spirit of DIY culture. The festival celebrates the innovative use of custom-built, re-purposed, and recycled… Read more »

Heather Knight of JPL @ Ignite

In this Ignite talk, social roboticist Heather Knight talks about her work at JPL. The talk feels a bit rushed, but you can explore more about the projects she mentions… Read more »

Decomposing plastic with bacteria

Science Fair project FOR THE WIN! According to a piece on Wired Science, a 16-year-old high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo, Ontario, has figured out a way to quickly… Read more »

Mojet T40 R/C jet car

The folks at Hobby Media sent us this item: V8 Supercar driver Rick Kelly is a R/C model cars fan and he recently built the Red Bull Mojet T40, a… Read more »

Intern's Corner: Hammer (machining) time!

Every other week, MAKE's awesome interns tell about the projects they're building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they've gotten into, and what they'll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering… Read more »

Call for Makers - SE Michigan, Mini Maker Faire

Dale Grover, of GO-Tech (Ann Arbor, MI), writes: Developers, artists, and enthusiasts will display their ideas at the first Ann Arbor "Mini" Maker Faire, August 29, 2009, in downtown Ann… Read more »

Oscilloscope text display from a single PIC

Ficara's oscilloscope scrolling text display project uses just one PIC chip & no other components, well battery power supply of course :) -Scrolling text on oscilloscope, built with only one… Read more »

Diamond-blade dicing saw from hard drive

Over at the mightyOhm, Jeff Keyzer has a guest blogger, his friend Tony. Tony's first project posted is (part 1) of this awesome diamond-bladed precision chop saw he built with… Read more »

Mint-tin key carrier

When I first saw this, I didn't think it seemed like such a bright idea -- maybe because of how it apparently beats the crap out of the tin and… Read more »