Make: Daily In This Issue... Maker Pro Newsletter – 06/05/14 Leapfrog 3D Printer Giveaway Makes Father's Day BIG Engaging the Reluctant Learner Through Making Beaver Dad Carves Heirloom on ShopBot DC Mini Maker Faire: Sunday June 8 SonicDad: 3 Dads Making Projects and Building Relationships Pepper: Feeling Like a Robot Skatebow: Turning Old Skateboards Into Bows More Recent Articles Maker Pro Newsletter – 06/05/14 “Never underestimate the power of convenience.” From the editors of MAKE, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Are you a Maker […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Leapfrog 3D Printer Giveaway Makes Father's Day BIG What could make Father’s Day really feel big this year? How about a really big 3D printer for free? Leapfrog thought that would be really cool, so they’ve asked if we want to give one away. Of course we said yes. Leapfrog has offered up a Creatr XL printer. These […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Engaging the Reluctant Learner Through Making When your students have trouble in normal classes, sometimes thinking outside the box can engage them better. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Beaver Dad Carves Heirloom on ShopBot This morning, Tim Wilczynski graduated from MIT, and I have it on good authority that his dad, Vince Wilczynski, “Dean Vince” of the Yale School of Engineering, handed him a beautiful family heirloom—a wooden beaver lovingly carved by a father for his son. It’s not the same hand-carved wooden beaver Tim’s […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • DC Mini Maker Faire: Sunday June 8 The first-ever DC Mini Maker Faire is just a few days away. We've got a great group of makers who are coming out to join us at the Capitol Riverfront's Yards Park and ideaspace DC. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • SonicDad: 3 Dads Making Projects and Building Relationships SonicDad is a website founded by three friends that is chock-full of tried and proven projects. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Pepper: Feeling Like a Robot Are robots with a heart the future... or the present? Yesterday SoftBank and Aldebaran announced their new emotional robot, Pepper. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Skatebow: Turning Old Skateboards Into Bows Do skateboards, deep down inside, really wish they were bows? I have no way of knowing. And they have no choice in the matter. These are the words of Mike OReilly. In case you hadn’t gathered yet, he turns skateboards into bows. He’s still working on the perfect method of […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Make: The Shot Challenge: Winners Announced New Project: Vampire Flashlight

 

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