2013/11/29

Make: Daily

In This Issue...

Two Weeks Remain: Vote for the Best Ultimate Maker Vehicle
UAVs Deployed in Counter Poaching Missions
Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special
New Review: More Printers: At a Glance
Retro Blaster: Vector Weapon Kit
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Two Weeks Remain: Vote for the Best Ultimate Maker Vehicle

Cast your votes for your favorite entries in the first Ultimate Maker Vehicle challenge. One maker will be awarded $10K with the possibility that their vehicle will get fabricated next year in Detroit!

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UAVs Deployed in Counter Poaching Missions

Our fact finding mission and demo of Aurora Flight Sciences' small UAV turned operational. After officials saw the potential for a tactically deployed UAV, we were quickly embedded with rangers to support live counter poaching missions.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special

Remember the Kano Kit we featured a last week? This week they're doing a Christmas special.

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New Review: More Printers: At a Glance

Solidoodle 3 Solidoodle / solidoodle.com Price as tested $799 Print volume 8″×8″×8″ Heated bed? Yes Print materials ABS, PLA OS supported Windows, Mac, Linux Print untethered? No Open source hardware? Yes Open source software? Yes Printer control software Repetier-Host Slicing software Slic3r The Solidoodle 3rd Generation attracted us because of […]

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Retro Blaster: Vector Weapon Kit

The Vector Weapon has been one of our most popular projects on our Maker Faire table. It makes a wide variety of gleefully retro space sounds, and it's a good intermediate soldering project. You can put it in your own case, or get a rad one from the Shed.