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Miami Mini Maker Faire 2013
Two Million Raspberry Pis in the Wild
Use a Model Train Transformer to Cut Foam
3D Scanning Meets the Museum at the Smithsonian
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Miami Mini Maker Faire 2013

Miami's first mini maker faire welcomed over 1,600 attendees today, featuring a wide ranging array of South Florida makers in Miami's Wynwood district. As one of the organizers of Orlando Mini Maker Faire, we were excited to see our friends from South Florida producing a mini maker fair of their own, and they did not disappoint!

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Two Million Raspberry Pis in the Wild

Here’s some breaking news from the Manchester Raspberry Jam: Eben Upton, head of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, just revealed that as of the end of October, there are now two million Raspberry Pis out in the wild. In early 2013, the Raspberry Pi foundation sold its millionth unit through its […]

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Use a Model Train Transformer to Cut Foam

MAKE author Bob Knetzger shows how to built a foam-cutting rig with a length of nichrome wire and a model train transformer.

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3D Scanning Meets the Museum at the Smithsonian

This week at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. there was a happy merging of hundreds of people in the 3D scanning world and museum world. We gathered to see presentations from so many experts in these fields, including folks from Autodesk, 3D Systems, the Smithsonian and many other museums. We learned about the Wright Flyer, ancient weapons, whale and dolphin fossils, a CT scan of an Embreea orchid and Eulaema bee, and a killer whale hat.