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Makerarm Industrial Robotic Arm: One Stop & One Armed Shop

Makerarm Industrial Robotic Arm: One Stop & One Armed Shop

Last month we featured the Dobot, a precise robotic arm that can plot, laser engrave and pick and place objects. But if you’re looking for something even more versatile, the Makerarm might be for you. It can also draw, use a laser head and assemble objects, but you can also…

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DIY TV Remote Control: Shop Potato

DIY TV Remote Control: Shop Potato

Hack A Day member Hari Wiguna made a TV and set top box remote control for his dad, who finds it difficult to press the tiny buttons on the original remotes. You’d think it would be a simple matter to make such a ubiquitous device, especially since Hari put only…

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Make Your Own Glowing Masking Tape Mummy Hands

Make Your Own Glowing Masking Tape Mummy Hands

Halloween is the perfect time for some scary and frightening DIY projects. If you are looking for a cool project this year, I would suggest these glowing masking tape mummy hands. They are easy to make and look pretty scary too. All you need are some typical household items like…

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Robo Wunderkind Modular Robot Kit: Snaptron

Robo Wunderkind Modular Robot Kit: Snaptron

Robo Wunderkind aims to do for robots what littleBits and other newbie-friendly electronic kits are doing for gadgets. Made by Robo Technologies Inc., the robot kit is made of modules that snap together with the help of a simple adapter. Like the aforementioned electronics kits, Robo Wunderkind greatly simplifies the…

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Rhei Ferrofluid Clock: A Clock and Its Blob

Rhei Ferrofluid Clock: A Clock and Its Blob

You may have seen Zelf Koelman’s mesmerizing Ferrolic, a clock that uses ferrofluid to display digits and a variety of complex animations. Damjan Stanković and Marko Pavlović’s Rhei is a simpler but equally notable take on a ferrofluid clock. One of the main differences between Ferrolic and Rhei is that…

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DIY Wristwatch Phone: Watchie-Talkie

DIY Wristwatch Phone: Watchie-Talkie

A few months ago, we featured Instructables employee DJ aka Aleator777’s Apple II Watch. He recently shared another impressive retro watch, one that’s arguably more useful than the current Apple Watch. He calls it the Communicator Watch, because it’s also a GSM cell phone. DJ based the Communicator Watch’s retro…

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Return of the Jedi Sarlacc Cupcakes: Tasty Tentacles

Return of the Jedi Sarlacc Cupcakes: Tasty Tentacles

There are lots of fan theories on how Boba Fett escaped the Sarlacc pit after his apparent demise in Return of the Jedi. One theory not often explored is that he actually ate his way out. After seeing these Sarlacc cupcakes, that’s what I’m going with. Kathleen Siegle of Yummy…

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RePhone DIY Cellphone Kit: Your Call

RePhone DIY Cellphone Kit: Your Call

If you want to make your own cellphone, you can source the parts yourself, or you can support Seeed Studio’s RePhone, a ready to assemble kit. The heart of the RePhone kit is the MediaTek MT2502A (pdf) system-on-a-chip, which gives you GSM, GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity in a stamp-sized form.…

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DIY Landspeeder Bed is the Night’s Sleep You’ve Been Looking for

DIY Landspeeder Bed is the Night’s Sleep You’ve Been Looking for

Growing up, I loved Star Wars. I had the Star Wars sheets, all the toys, and wanted a real lightsaber so bad I could taste it. My parents weren’t craftsy, and didn’t build anything and I feel so gypped, after seeing what Redditor Ghostfaceace built for his son. This kid…

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Dobot High Precision Desktop Robot Arm: There is no Trybot

Dobot High Precision Desktop Robot Arm: There is no Trybot

Last year we featured the uArm, a desktop robot arm inspired by ABB industrial robots. It’s affordable and responsive, but it’s mostly a pick and place robot. The Dobot on the other hand appears to be precise enough for a variety of tasks. The Dobot is powered by an Arduino…

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Life-size Wood & Cardboard T-800: Termite Hater

Life-size Wood & Cardboard T-800: Termite Hater

We’ve seen a full T-800 skeleton made out of LEGO. YouTuber Kaled Souky aka jaled79 proves that you can also make a decent Terminator animatronic out of balsa wood and cardboard too. This isn’t just any motionless statue either. Kaled managed to make the model’s head and arms move with…

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DIY Moon One RC Rover: Wall-E’s Sleazy Grandpa

DIY Moon One RC Rover: Wall-E’s Sleazy Grandpa

A couple of months ago, we checked out Sergey Grishchenko’s DIY scale model of the Curiosity rover. Michael Larkin’s Moon One is a very similar remote-controlled rover, but he optimized it for agility, maneuverability and mischief. Like Sergey, Michael opted to 3D print most of his toy’s non-electronic parts, with…

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Parents Give Son’s Bedroom a Portal Makeover: You’ll Always Be Test Subject #1

Parents Give Son’s Bedroom a Portal Makeover: You’ll Always Be Test Subject #1

When Randy Slavey’s son turned 13, the newly minted teenager asked his parents to remodel his kid-themed bedroom in the style of two of his favorite games, Portal and Portal 2. The elder Slaveys didn’t disappoint. Randy and his wife used many of the same tools and parts that we’ve…

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DIY Electric Skateboard: Make or Die

DIY Electric Skateboard: Make or Die

Electric skateboards typically go for at least $600 (USD). But with his maker skills Instructables member comsa42 was able to convert a normal skateboard for around $350. That said, his project will give you an idea why these things cost a lot. Comsa42’s electric skateboard goes up to ~19mph thanks…

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Make a Cardboard Bionic Hand

Make a Cardboard Bionic Hand

If you want a bionic hand, but don’t have the six million dollars to become Steve Austin (it would actually cost you a lot more these days), check out this fun project and learn to build a simple one for yourself. American Hacker shows you how to make a cool…

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Super Dough Batman Modeling Kits: The Dough Knight

Super Dough Batman Modeling Kits: The Dough Knight

I like Batman well enough. I certainly watched the show in reruns during the summer growing up, and love the Christian Bale/Christopher Nolan franchise. Batman fans into DIY and making things with their hands might want to get some of these kits. ThinkGeek has a set of three Super Dough…

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