Make: Organize Your Cables with Ringed Binders, Build an Autonomous R/C Car, and Tour 3 Makerspaces - Newsletter



 
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Tuesday August 15, 2017
 
 
Reclaim Old Ring Binders to Corral Crazy Cables
 
If your office, shop, or other workspace suffers from a surplus of empty ring binders and a bird’s nest of tangled cables, fear not. Check out how, with nothing but a hand drill and an hour of your time, you can repurpose your binders’ ring-snap mechanisms into a handy organization system.
 
 
 
 
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Build an Autonomous R/C Car with Raspberry Pi
 
Last November, Adam Conway brought an R/C car, a Raspberry Pi, and some hastily 3D-printed and laser-cut parts to DIYRobocars. While he was assembling his vehicle, he met Will Roscoe. Together, the two created the Donkey Self Racing Car. They recorded their process so now you can make one too!  
 
 
 
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CircuitPython Snakes its Way onto Adafruit Hardware
 
In a recent discussion with Scott Shawcroft, an engineer at Adafruit, we learned that the company is transitioning into using CircuitPython on their products. This will allow makers to plug in their devices and have them show up as USB storage, before simply dropping their code onto it.  
 
 
 
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Touring London’s Biggest Workshops
 
Follow Liam Grace-Flood’s year of traveling all over the world as he explores maker culture and spaces. He begins his journey in London, checking out the city’s two largest workshops, Building BloQs and London Hackerspace, and comparing their different approaches to getting makers to create.  
 
 
 
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Take a Tour of TekSpacy, Riyadh’s Women-Only Maker Space
 
Saudi Arabia’s restrictions on women’s rights are well known, but TekSpacy, co-founded by Sarah Al-Dosary in December 2016, shows how women in a repressive environment find ways to express themselves through creativity and entrepreneurialism.  
 
 
 
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What Makes a Maker? Childhood
 
Professor AnnMarie Thomas feels that, too often, some of her students come to her classes with a joy for math, but no passion for taking things apart and putting them back together. She believes that Maker Camp provides a healthy sense of curiosity and collaboration in children, an important trait for future engineers.  
 
 
 
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Decorate Your Desk with Dual LED Clock Towers
 
Check out these towers that light up to show what time it is. The tower on the left tells the hour and the tower on the right tells the minute. Between 11pm and 8am, the lights dim so you can sleep. Grab an Arduino and build it yourself.
 
 
 
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