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Steampunk goings on at Maker Faire - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I'm just back from the third annual Bay Area Maker Faire. This year, one of the things I helped organize was the steampunk presence at the Faire, namely the Contraptor's Lounge, featuring such icons of the scene as Jake von Slatt, Datamancer, and Molly Porkshanks, and the Saturday Night Steampunk
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Review: LEGO MINDSTORMS Library - (Found July 2, 2008 )

In last years Holiday Gadget Guide, I reviewed the wonderful then-new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT system. Its a year later and my admiration for this product has only grown. It has been enthusiastically embraced by robot hobbyists and professionals, educators, kids of all ages, R&D
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Dorkbot DCMake: DC Project Night, This Wednesday! - (Found July 2, 2008 )

This Wednesday (7 PM - 9 PM ET) is the January meeting of Dorkbot DC and the inaugural meeting of Make: DC, a new project building group inspired by MAKE magazine. We will likely be holding several joint Dorkbot DC and Make:
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First Dorkbot DCMake: DC Joint Project Event - (Found July 2, 2008 )

On January 16, 2008, the first joint event of Dorkbot DC and the newly formed Make: DC was held at the Marian Koshland Science Museum. The evening was a smashing success, with some 65 people showing up! We
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DIY mercury testing (or NOT) and new Home Chemistry book - (Found July 2, 2008 )

At Make: Books, we've been working on an awesome new title, Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, that we're all really psyched about. Make: Books editor Brian Jepson offers details, by way of an exchange between MAKE publisher Dale Dougherty and the book's author Robert Bruce Thompson, about the possibility
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Dorkbot DC Tommorow Night! (22608) - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Next Meeting: Tuesday 26 February 2008 7 PM - 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 Katie Bechtold :
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Killer-cool Solarrollers on Flickr - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Check out these incredibly cool solarrollers posted to the MAKE Flickr Pool. This one's built in an old wireless phone chassis. Love the use of gears as wheels.
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Rules for Roboticists - (Found July 2, 2008 )

In honor of Robot Day on Make: Blog, I've posted my "Rules for Roboticists" from my 2004 book Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building. It's a playful list of operating principles, rules of thumb, and words o' wisdom about bot building. The piece is accompanied by robot
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Dorkbot DC March Meeting - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Tuesday, 25 March 2008 7 PM - 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 Tom Lee : Cheaper Arduino Wifi img class="left" valign="top" src="http:www.ladyada.netimageseshieldxportdirect_t.jpg" alt="Lady Ada's XPort-based
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I want an Arduino-powered Christmas, baby! - (Found July 2, 2008 )

My Make: Books co-conspirator Brian Jepson has posted a quick n' dirty way of building a 64-node LED matrix (green and red, natch) of holiday lights, driven by a Max 7219 chip and controlled by an Arduino cloneboard. Not too shabby. The resulting LED "net"
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