Got a favorite desktop 3D printing or scanning appliance? We want to hear about it! In preparation for the much-anticipated sequel to last year’s Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing, and in the interest of giving you the most comprehensive coverage possible, we’re opening up the floor for public manufacturer nominations. We’ve been tracking the [...]

“I have this train I bought in Germany,” said Lynn, who approached me at a train show, “and I’m looking for someone to build a railroad for me.” I visited her a few days later, and found that she had a Märklin Mini-Club Z scale train set, track, and accessories. She had purchased it in 1978 [...]

Build summary from the maker, Justin Trzeciak: I made a poker table with RGB LEDs at each seat. They sit underneath white polycarbonate such that the light is diffused across the whole section. The LEDs are on a strip, but they are digitally addressable. That way, each of the 96 individual lamps can be controlled [...]

HeatSync Labs’ Moheeb Zara built this full body scanner with a Kinect that raises and lowers on a gantry while a turntable rotates the subject. The resulting scans are rendered with the help of ReconstructMe software. more photos on Flickr. [Thanks, David!] Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/5bxn6MdZ4R4/

  This iPhone case is a piece of kinetic art, printed in a single pass, no assembly required. Designer Chris Cordingly, who created it to be an analog fidget relief device, modeled it in Autodesk Maya, and printed it at Shapeways. Says Chris: Back in September last year I decided to use 3D printing to [...]

CelloGraff consists of graffiti artists Astro and Kanos, who make their art on sheets of cellophane stretched between poles or trees, creating temporary and legal art installations. [via Swink] Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/Rnbbp46aLlA/

Jason “True Dimensions” Allemann built this motorized Theo Janssen-style strandbeest walking robot, but evoking a cool steampunk style! I love all the little details on the deck like the tiny herd of goats to the ratty shack teetering on one corner. Jason has the building instructions on his website. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/TVavWGExDM8/

MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other. This week’s question: Who are your favorite makers? Who are the ones who get you going when [...]

The first annual Waterloo Mini Maker Faire was a huge success! Several thousand people came through Kitchener City Hall this past Saturday and saw ~40 makers, many with hands-on activities and lots of awesomeness. It got some good news coverage I took 93 photos, but here’s some of the most interesting stuff I saw: Cairo [...]

When I was a kid I got into electronics because I started reading specialized magazines on the topic. At the same time it was hard for me to learn electronics from them because the content was not really “beginner friendly” and the projects were not very exciting. They were conceived more for people who were [...]

Andy Kong, co-producer of the 2nd annual Hong Kong Mini Maker Faire, made it into the South China Morning Post today. The article does a nice job of covering Hong Kong’s growing maker scene as well as the Hong Kong Mini Maker Faire’s Call for Makers, which is live now through July 20th. (The fair [...]

Ben Harris of Harris Educational and Alamance Makers Guild This was my third year attending Maker Faire North Carolina, which is in its fourth year itself. I’ve always enjoyed the Alamance Makers Guild exhibit, which features a cluster of makers from the guild, a community for Makers in and around Alamance County, NC. Ben Harris, [...]