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Curious Chef Kids Kitchen Knives
A great way to help your little chef ‘help’ you. Like most kids, our little guy absolutely loves to ‘help’ with everything. We decided very early on that we were going to work hard to try to give him...
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Air Powered Foam Rockets – First Prototype
Our first prototype of this maker classic SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT Part Cost Orbit 57101 Sprinkler Valve $13 Buttons from Sparkfun $12 Various PVC and Fittings $20 Foam Noodles and Duct Tape for a dozen...
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Fun with Glowsticks!
Super cheap toys with a little bit of magic in them When our little guy was about a year and a half old, I ordered a case of a few hundred glow sticks off ebay for what turned out to be just a few...
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Arduino – IR Remote Controled WS2811 Addressable LEDs
Using dual Arduinos to overcome interrupt conflicts SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT Part Cost WS2811 Addressable RGB LED Strip $17 2x Arduinos $30 5v 3A Power Supply $7 IR receiver and remote $10 TOTAL ~ $64...
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Lighthouse Bookshelf With Remote Controlled LED Beacon
The finishing touch for our little guy’s nautical nursery SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT Part Cost WS2811 Addressable RGB LED Strip $17 2x Arduinos $30 5v 3A Power Supply $7 Sheet of plywood or MDF $30 IR...
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Fresh Honey Chevre Goat Cheese
Surprisingly easy and unbelievably delicious home made cheese. We were introduced to honey chevre at a local cheese shop that we enjoy and we decided we should try to make it. The internet is full of...
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Arduino Powered Compressed Air Rocket Launcher
An Air Rocket Launch Control Panel an Launch Pad I used aluminum foil tape to keep light from bleeding through the printed background.Last spring I built a prototype air rocket launcher. It was a...
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Custom Hardwood & Stainless Othello, Chess Board
A Christmas gift for my baby sister. A few weeks before Christmas, my sister was talking about how much she liked the game Othello, and about how hard it was to find a set that wasn’t made of blow...
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Dr. Who’s TARDIS Infrasonic Tapped Horn Subwoofer
My subwoofer’s chameleon circuit got stuck back in 1963. A few years ago, I built an enormous infrasonic tapped horn subwoofer for my little home theater, based on lilmike’s lilwrecker plans over at...
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Multiplayer Game Pad – Stomp Directional Pads
Step/Stomp Pressure Directional Game Pad Switches. Some Background The local makerspace signed up to make a multiplayer ‘snake’ game for our regional mini maker faire. You know the one where the snake...
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