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MAKE Magazine In This Issue... Printing electronic skin (video) Photo-realistc paintings of classic board games AS220 Labs grand opening: Friday Jan 7th in Providence RI DIY Return of the Jedi Lightsaber Happy 2011, makers! More Recent Articles Printing electronic skin (video) Ali Javey, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkley, shows Technology Review how his lab prints electronic skin. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!   • Email to a friend • • Photo-realistc paintings of classic board games These may look like the boxes of games that you have in your attic or basement game shelf, but they're actually paintings (oil, enamel, and urethane on copper), by Missouri-based artist Tim Liddy, of classic board game boxes. Stunning. [Via DudeCraft] Hyper Realistic Paintings of Vintage Board Games; Tape, Tears and All Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!   • Email to a friend • • AS220 Labs grand opening: Friday Jan 7th in Providence RI AS220 Labs Coordinator James Rutter wrote in to let us know about their grand opening on Friday: I am very excited to announce that the labs is officially moved into the mercantile block [pictured above] and is fully functional. We are going to be hosting our first ever Annual Labs Social, which will serve to be our grand opening and first public event in the new space. The party will include entertainment from electronic band, "Math The Band" as well as trippy visual displays of hacked video games. We will also be giving tours and demos of our digital fabrication labs - lasers will be involved! It will be a good opportunity to bring new people into the space and check out what were doing, and get people plugged in and join as members. When: Friday, January 7th 7-10PM Where: 131 Washington Street, Providence, RI - The main entrance to the labs is around the back of the building on Martha Street. What: Labs Social/Grand Opening Party Why: Because we just moved into a new space and want to show it off to the rest of the world! AS220 Labs Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Events | Digg this!   • Email to a friend • • DIY Return of the Jedi Lightsaber When I saw this Lightsaber, I knew immediately that it was the work of Bradley Lewis. We have featured his work before, and I'm sure we will again in the future. Be sure to check out the entire 11-month build process, including how he made the spring action mechanism, and detachable blade. There are several other great videos on page 7 that show it being used with the blade attached. via - Reddit Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!   • Email to a friend • • Happy 2011, makers! Part of Sean Gallagher's amazing Celestial Clock project Happy New Year to all of our friends around the world! We hope you're having a great time ringing in the new year and the next decade of the 21st century. We look forward to collaborating with you all on some inspired projects in 2011. We're excited about what we have in store for the coming year. Stay tuned... Cheers! Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Announcements | Digg this!   • Email to a friend • • More Recent Articles Taking Apart the Microsoft Kinect (video) Best of Make: Online 2010 -- Makers: The best of us Snail mail push alerts Say hello to Matt Richardson! Tag Your Green Contest: Deadline Tonight!

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