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Print Your Own D*mn Presents: Minifig Madness!
inForm: An Ephemeral Construction Machine
I [heart] The Art of Tinkering
Can't Find the Right Music Controller? Don't get Mad, get Livid!
MAKE's 3D Printing Book for Kids: LEO the Maker Prince
Shed Picks: Fun Robot Kits for Kids
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Print Your Own D*mn Presents: Minifig Madness!

Superstar 3DP object designer Michael Curry (aka Skimbal) designed a plethora of incredible jumbo minifigs that can be fabricated on additive desktop machines. He has designed an incredible range of characters, from Star Wars figurines, to Top Gear's "The Stig" to Breaking Bad's Heisenberg to Walking Dead zombies.

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inForm: An Ephemeral Construction Machine

Disruptive or revolutionary technology are terms that get tossed around rather liberally. But one look at the MIT Media Lab's inForm project and it's hard not think you are looking at the future. Combining elements of Kinect, 3D printing, and telepresence, inForm heralds something very new and, I dare say, revolutionary. inForm was a collaboration between research assistant Sean Follmer and Daniel Leithinger at Heroshi Ishii's Tangible Media Group in the MIT Media Lab. What exactly is it and how might it be used? Jay Silver interviewed Sean Follmer to learn more.

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I [heart] The Art of Tinkering

We at MAKE love The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, so when we heard that its directors, Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich, were going to capture their community of artists and engineers ("Tinkerers") into the pages of a book called The Art of Tinkering, we couldn't wait to get our hands on it. And you know what? They have exceeded my very high hopes for what they'd create.

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Can't Find the Right Music Controller? Don't get Mad, get Livid!

MIDI controllers have long been a staple of electronic music, but there hasn't been a great way for you to build your own... until now. The Maker Shed has teamed up with Livid Instruments to bring you the Builder DIY lineup of MIDI controller kits. Let the creativity begin!

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MAKE's 3D Printing Book for Kids: LEO the Maker Prince

The first kids' book on 3D printing from MAKE is now available. 3D printing isn't magic, but if you sit some kids down in front of a 3D printer, you'll swear it's not of this world. LEO the Maker Prince: Journeys in 3D Printing brings its own magic to kids.

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Shed Picks: Fun Robot Kits for Kids

Kids do love them some robots, even the littlest kids. So I'm shopping for robots this year and the Shed's got 'em — check out these four super easy kits suitable for kids younger than 10.