Yesterday’s technology is
a playground for enthusiastic new communities.

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Join the Make: editorial staff and contributors as we bring characters to life for Halloween, movie making, live shows, and more via the wonder of animatronics!

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The new Particle Tachyon is a 2.7GHz single-board computer (SBC) with 5G connectivity and a whopping 12 TOPS of AI-optimized GPU acceleration.

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The new Particle Tachyon is a 2.7GHz single-board computer (SBC) with 5G connectivity and a whopping 12 TOPS of AI-optimized GPU acceleration.

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The new Particle Tachyon is a 2.7GHz single-board computer (SBC) with 5G connectivity and a whopping 12 TOPS of AI-optimized GPU acceleration.

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Each year in Portland, Oregon, hackers, artists, and enthusiasts congregate at the behest of open-source crowdfunding platform Crowd Supply. This year’s event is a particular cause for excitement for me, a) because I’m attending and b) because they have handed the reins to my friend Helen Leigh, which implies a smashing good time will be […]

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Robotics experts Elephant Robotics have launched their latest 6-axis robotic arm in the form of the myCobot Pro 630. With a working radius of 630mm and a payload capacity of up to 2 kilos, the Pro 630 is accessible to robotics newcomers and students, while capable of commercial industrial automation tasks. Building on the Pro […]

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Robotics experts Elephant Robotics have launched their latest 6-axis robotic arm in the form of the myCobot Pro 630. With a working radius of 630mm and a payload capacity of up to 2 kilos, the Pro 630 is accessible to robotics newcomers and students, while capable of commercial industrial automation tasks. Building on the Pro […]

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I first met Langel Bookbinder at a local chiptune event in the Ann Arbor area, and most recently saw him when he kindly dropped my copy of his homebrew lo-fi NES shooter GunTneR off at my house. I don’t claim to understand how Langel’s mind works, but he’s always coming up with some unhinged project […]

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I first met Langel Bookbinder at a local chiptune event in the Ann Arbor area, and most recently saw him when he kindly dropped my copy of his homebrew lo-fi NES shooter GunTneR off at my house. I don’t claim to understand how Langel’s mind works, but he’s always coming up with some unhinged project […]

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Join the Make: editorial staff and contributors as we find new delight in old gear, from console hacking to giving old PCs new superpowers!

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Join the Make: editorial staff and contributors as we find new delight in old gear, from console hacking to giving old PCs new superpowers!

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When I was working on Make: Volume 89 — our retro issue — the topics of chiptune, tracker modules, and video game soundtracks kept coming up. This gave me an idea: what if we put together a playlist to go along with the retro section, filled with our authors’ and my own favourite tracks? The […]

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When I was working on Make: Volume 89 — our retro issue — the topics of chiptune, tracker modules, and video game soundtracks kept coming up. This gave me an idea: what if we put together a playlist to go along with the retro section, filled with our authors’ and my own favourite tracks? The […]

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Last year’s Open Hardware Summit was one of the absolute highlights of my year. It was among the nerdiest, most inclusive, most stimulating events I’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. If my endorsement alone is enough to persuade you that you need to be there for the 2024 Open Hardware Summit, you can buy […]

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Manufacturer: Keychron URL: https://www.keychron.com Price: $219 The crossover between makers and mechanical keyboard enthusiasts is significant. Makers’ innate drive to bend technology to their will and customize hardware to their specific needs makes them prime candidates for the deep levels of customization afforded by the mechanical keyboard hobby. And many a mech-head has gone “full maker” in the […]

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Get an exclusive sneak peek of an exciting new collaboration from our friends at BeagleBoard and one of our favourite fashion designers, Anouk Wipprecht, as FashionTech meets mixology with DRINKBOT 2.0!

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Manufacturer: Keychron URL: https://www.keychron.com Price: $219 The crossover between makers and mechanical keyboard enthusiasts is significant. Makers’ innate drive to bend technology to their will and customize hardware to their specific needs makes them prime candidates for the deep levels of customization afforded by the mechanical keyboard hobby. And many a mech-head has gone “full maker” in the […]

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Get an exclusive sneak peek of an exciting new collaboration from our friends at BeagleBoard and one of our favourite fashion designers, Anouk Wipprecht, as FashionTech meets mixology with DRINKBOT 2.0!

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From Make: Vol. 87: New evolutions in dev boards make this a metamorphic period for Makers.

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Particle's new M-series of wireless solutions feature Wi-Fi, cellular, LoRaWAN, and satellite on a single board.

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Surely you’ve been there: you need to capture serial output from a microcontroller or other device, so you reach for a PL2303 or CP210x or FT232RL-based USB-to-TTL serial cable (if you can remember where you put the damn thing after you last used it!) and…realize you don’t have the drivers installed on the computer you […]

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Surely you’ve been there: you need to capture serial output from a microcontroller or other device, so you reach for a PL2303 or CP210x or FT232RL-based USB-to-TTL serial cable (if you can remember where you put the damn thing after you last used it!) and…realize you don’t have the drivers installed on the computer you […]

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