Make: Daily In This Issue... Microsoft and Arduino Announce Hardware-Support Collaboration Artist Creates Breathtaking 3D Printed Lamps New Project: Build a Remote-Control Venus Flytrap How a Pro-Grade 3D Printer Helped Evolve My Prop Design Business New Project: Put a Tiny Power Switch on Your 9V Battery Clip The Crazed, Inspired Vehicles of Maker Faire Printrbot Announces New Kid-Friendly 3D Printer Win Awesome 3D Printers at the Moat Boat Paddle Battle! Sphero Patent Suggests Magnetic Head for BB-8 Droid Interactive 40-Foot Sculpture Inspired by a Barnacle Microsoft and Arduino Announce Hardware-Support Collaboration Microsoft seems to be getting more and more Maker friendly, and today their courtship moves further forward with the surprise announcement of two new collaborations with microcontroller makers Arduino. Both projects, announced at the Microsoft developer conference Build, involve Windows 10, and both usher in a new level of Microsoft engagement […] Read more on MAKE The post Microsoft and Arduino Announce Hardware-Support Collaboration appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories New Project: Build a Remote-Control Venus Flytrap Sphero Patent Suggests Magnetic Head for BB-8 Droid Welcome to MakerSpace   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Artist Creates Breathtaking 3D Printed Lamps New York artist and designer, Robert Debbane, creates stunning lamps using 3D printing technology. Applying the same technique as variable-depth pumpkin carving, where you don’t cut all the way through and you vary how much skin and meat you remove to let more or less light through, Debbane prints out […] Read more on MAKE The post Artist Creates Breathtaking 3D Printed Lamps appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories How a Pro-Grade 3D Printer Helped Evolve My Prop Design Business 7 Lamps Illuminate the Roots of Maker Movement The Crazed, Inspired Vehicles of Maker Faire   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • New Project: Build a Remote-Control Venus Flytrap Explore biorobotics — use an Arduino to create a carnivorous plant that bites on command! Read more on MAKE The post Build a Remote-Control Venus Flytrap appeared first on Make:.          Comments Comments   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • How a Pro-Grade 3D Printer Helped Evolve My Prop Design Business What would you do with a professional 3D printer? Read more on MAKE The post How a Pro-Grade 3D Printer Helped Evolve My Prop Design Business appeared first on Make:.          • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • New Project: Put a Tiny Power Switch on Your 9V Battery Clip Looking around my styrofoam plate hovercraft for a place to mount a switch, I hit upon the battery clip itself. I thought of a bunch of projects — from breadboarding to BEAM robotics to Arduino — where a 9V battery clip with a built-in power switch could come in handy. But nobody seems to sell one. So I made my own — Das Neunvoltzensvitcher! Read more on MAKE The post Put a Tiny Power Switch on Your 9V Battery Clip appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories New Project: Motion Activated Water Gun Turret New Project: Make This Mini Star Wars BB-8 Ball Droid with a Hacked Sphero New Project: Brownie Pan LED Light Panel   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • The Crazed, Inspired Vehicles of Maker Faire There are so many amazing ways in which Makers express themselves in their making. From ingenious electronics to useful crafts to gorgeous works of art, making takes myriad, often hybrid forms. One of the most consistently offbeat and entertaining forms of makery that proudly parades itself around Maker Faire each […] Read more on MAKE The post The Crazed, Inspired Vehicles of Maker Faire appeared first on Make:.          Comments Great collection! Here's my personal favorite, James Burgett's ... by Terrie Schweitzer Related Stories Interactive 40-Foot Sculpture Inspired by a Barnacle Watch This Solar Chariot Walk Like a Human Why I’m the Worst Maker In The Room, and Why That’s OK   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Printrbot Announces New Kid-Friendly 3D Printer There was a nice surprise in the Printrbot booth at the New York 3D Printshow: the new Printrbot Play. The Play continues the new path Printrbot has been taking since the creation of the Metal Simple, by building sheet metal printers (a long departure from the original, mostly printed models). While having […] Read more on MAKE The post Printrbot Announces New Kid-Friendly 3D Printer appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Win Awesome 3D Printers at the Moat Boat Paddle Battle! Spanish Company Scans and 3D Prints Every Resident of Village 3DShook Offers a Curated Collection of 3D Designs   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Win Awesome 3D Printers at the Moat Boat Paddle Battle!   If you are planning on attending Maker Faire Bay Area and haven’t yet signed up to participate in the Moat Boat Paddle Battle, we are about to entice you to change that! We are pleased to announce that our sponsor SeeMeCNC is offering some amazing prizes to the winners. The winners […] Read more on MAKE The post Win Awesome 3D Printers at the Moat Boat Paddle Battle! appeared first on Make:.         Related Stories Interactive 40-Foot Sculpture Inspired by a Barnacle Watch This Solar Chariot Walk Like a Human Spanish Company Scans and 3D Prints Every Resident of Village   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Sphero Patent Suggests Magnetic Head for BB-8 Droid A 2014 patent submitted by employees of Sphero details a Sphero-like device working with a "magnetically coupled accessory." The device works by using a magnetic tip on the existing upward-facing arm within the Sphero, allowing it to create a temporary attachment to a magnetic half-dome that slides along its Teflon-coated […] Read more on MAKE The post Sphero Patent Suggests Magnetic Head for BB-8 Droid appeared first on Make:.          Comments I agree. I've been working on this system on my own for a year, ... by Aaron They got a patent on it? Despite it being an obvious rip-off of ... by Anaerin The two ways I see to tilt and turn the head are either having ... by Ian Page-Echols I'm sure it's mainly for the toy. I would assume that they ... by Jotham Mcmillan Related Stories New Project: Make This Mini Star Wars BB-8 Ball Droid with a Hacked Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Style Robots You Can Build Right Now Meet the Fiery Destruction Bots of Justin Gray   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Interactive 40-Foot Sculpture Inspired by a Barnacle Built in March 2013, it's now making its way to the Bay Area Maker Faire, May 16 and 17. Read more on MAKE The post Interactive 40-Foot Sculpture Inspired by a Barnacle appeared first on Make:.          Comments < col Hiiiiiii Friends….'Jackson . although Janet `s article ... by Fietund Related Stories The Giant, Amazing Metal Works of Chistian Ristow Fun Fiber Optic Formalwear Illuminates the Dance Floor New Project: Wind-Powered Music Box   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments •

 

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