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Ponoko/Sparkfun Competition Update
Our Ponoko/SparkFun design competition has only been running for a week and already we’ve got some great looking entries in the GeekDad Flickr pool, and we’ve picked out a few here to share with...
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There’s Still Time To Enter Our Ponoko/Sparkfun Competition
We’ve had some great entries in so far for our geeky design competition with Ponoko and Sparkfun, but don’t worry, there are still a few days left for you to add yours and be in with the chance of...
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Ponoko/Sparkfun Competition – Vote for the Winner Now!
Entries are now closed for our design competition in association with Ponoko and Sparkfun, but the competition isn’t over yet! We’ve selected our favourite 10 entries from the GeekDad Flickr pool and...
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So, Who Won The GeekDad/Ponoko/Sparkfun Competition?
Meet Ross Daly and his Minifridge Beer Dispenser, the winner of the recent GeekDad/Ponoko/Sparkfun design competition.
View ArticleMake: Live Brings Tinkerers to your Laptop
So I’m a contributing writer with Make Magazine and Make: Online, and I wanted to share something that the blog is doing that is really neat — Make: Live. Every other Wednesday, my colleagues Becky and...
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Make Starts a Challenge to Get Kids’ Projects Into Space
We don’t often just cut and paste press releases here at GeekDad, but when something this cool, and this relevant to our own goals and aspirations, comes around, we have to get the word out. From...
View ArticleMaker Faire 2011 Was a Blast! (Gallery Included)
Maker Faire 2011 came and went in a blur of hard work, teamwork, joy, and awesomeness. GeekDads and GeekMoms from all over the country came together and put on a booth to remember. We came out of it...
View ArticleArcAttack At The Bay Area Maker Faire 2011
ArcAttack uses their two 500KV singing Tesla coils to play AC/DC’s Back in Black while Leah and GeekKid Hannah rock out in the Faraday cage.
View ArticleMaker Faire Was a Blast! — Gallery Included (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Maker Faire 2011 came and went in a blur of hard work, teamwork, joy, and awesomeness. GeekDads and GeekMoms from all over the country came together and put on a booth to remember. We came out of it...
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Becoming a Maker With Make’s Zero to Maker Series
One of the things I am learning as I rise in the ranks of engineering is that you gain more responsibility for the products being developed while simultaneously being increasingly physically separated...
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Great Gibbering Electronics Kits, GeekDad!
Be sure to check out the Kit-a-Day Giveaway being put on by our friends over at MAKE. They’ve got $9,000 worth of kits to give away, including 4 MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printers We’re so excited to...
View ArticleMelbourne Mini Maker Faire: A Community Finding Itself
All Geeks – Dads, Moms, Kids – understand the importance of finding our place and working together and sharing our love of all things geeky. It is what GeekDad is all about, the alignment of our...
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The Origin of the Skylanders Portal of Power
If you’re a Skylanders fanatic — and we have a lot of those here on GeekDad — be sure to check out Blake Maloof’s post on Make, Alt.GDC: Developing Skylanders‘ Innovative “Portal of Power,” in which he...
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School’s Out — Go Make Something With Make: Magazine
If you've got kids just out of school (or close to it), then you've likely got your hands full with trying to find enough activities to keep them busy. The pool is great, and the library's always a...
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Recap of Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
Even if you went to Maker Faire two weekends ago it is likely that you missed some things. I know every year I am surprised to watch the post-Faire coverage and see just how much I missed. It isn't...
View ArticleCommunity Input Needed: Modding Compressed Air Rockets
Over at the GeekDad Community, Rick Schertle is looking for suggestions on modding a compressed air rocket. The project, which you can find posted on the Make blog, is a fun one and one my family built...
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Maker Camp for Teens Starts Today on Google Plus
Maker Camp -- a virtual gathering taking place on Make's Google+ page over the next 30 days -- will give teens a new project to work on every morning, and the chance to talk to a "camp counselor" and...
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Four Teen Makers Develop DIY Pee Power
One awesome story making waves out of the event is of the four teen girl makers, Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, and Bello Eniola, who have hacked together their own system for...
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Boost Electronics Knowledge With Practical Electronics for Inventors
I spent years trying to teach myself the basics of electronics. I had a few basic electronics courses in engineering school, but they were high-end theory, and only years later did I find it unusual...
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Page Turners | Enhancing Lego Mindstorms with Arduino
Lego Mindstorms NXT is a sophisticated and fun educational robotics set that teaches kids and adults engineering and programming skills. As versatile as it is, however, wouldn't it be cool to enhance...
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