Movie animatronics engineer David Covarrubias is also a music lover, so he built this amazing robot that plays tunes on a tongue drum using 7 mallets. He shared so you can build it too. Sounds incredible, best doorbell ever. #MakeMusicDay makezine.com/projects/zenbo…

behind the scenes setup at Crowd Supply #Teardown2024! 🤘⚡🤘

Day two of #Teardown2024 is off to a great start with opening remarks from Crowd Supply followed by Mohit Bhoite | मोहित भोईटे he/him's fantastic talk on free-form #circuit #sculptures! Plus, bonus rad projects by Cedric Honnet - @[email protected] and Becca! 🤘✨🤘

Maker Faire Shenzhen 2024, themed “Enchant Everything with #AI,” is calling for makers! By fostering discussions and collaboration, we hope to inspire fresh ideas and drive the application of AI technologies, creating a brighter future together. shenzhenmakerfaire.com/2024/06/26/enc…

It’s inevitable — life on Earth will be incinerated by a catastrophic asteroid strike. Unless we see the asteroids coming first. Asteroid-spotting is no cakewalk, but it’s totally doable, and you can help, with a telescope or just your computer. #AsteroidDay

Two classic maker projects combined — LED throwies + soda bottle rockets — make a nighttime “fireworks” show that won’t set the town on fire! Great family project from Paul G. Or if you’re a pure pyro, download our Making Fireworks special feature! #4thofjuly

have you heard the buzz? #electronics beginners can #make an #8bit #synth in about half an hour with Arduino's new #Modulino-based #PlugandMakeKit — no #soldering or #breadboard required! 🤘🎛️🤘 kickstart your #tech journey today: blog.arduino.cc/2024/07/11/kic…

To the moon! Artemis astronauts will orbit our oversized satellite next year, humanity’s first visit since Apollo a half-century ago. Plenty of time for you to build this awesome DIY 16″ reflector telescope and get to know the lunar landscape for yourself. #internationalmoonday

Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson published Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, spawning a vast universe of role-playing games (RPGs). Tabletop gamers pride themselves on crafting miniature environments — here’s an easy way to model mini characters and get playing fast. #DnD #GaryGygaxDay

Boats are the legendary "money pit" of DIY projects! Start (really) small with this 15-inch mini yacht, a simple and worthy pond sailer that’s rigged and scaled like a real yacht. You can build it in a weekend even if you don’t know your bowser from your keel. #RegattaDay

Get animated with our #LIVE #Make: Magazine Volume 90 #LaunchParty! 🤘👀🤘 makezine.com/article/maker-…

Debra Ansell’s edge-lit rainbow illuminates seven acrylic “arcs” so that each glows with its own colors — with RGB LEDs on both ends for color mixing effects! Code it on a CPX and celebrate #CircuitPythonDay2024, or on an ESP8266 to display real-time weather conditions.

Join us TONIGHT at 7pm Eastern for our #LIVE #Make: Magazine Volume 90 #LaunchParty! 🤘👀🤘 #animatronics #Halloween #MovieMaking #EvilDead #mechatronics makezine.com/article/maker-…

OBEY. CONSUME. STAY ASLEEP. When all about you are cosplaying the latest mega movie franchise, why not zig when they zag? Check out John Carpenter’s anti-consumerist cult classic They Live, and these awesome DIY alien masks by artist Kiersten Essenpreis.  makezine.com/projects/they-…

This solar panel-powered bilge pump connected to a garden hose is our favorite beach toy. Kids use it to make rivers to float boats down, fill water buckets for making sand castles, spray each other, and have lots of fun. Everyone who walks by wants one! #NationalBeachDay

Praise the pork belly! Here’s how to make two of the world’s best-cured meats — bacon and pancetta —at home. It’s too easy.  #InternationalBaconDay makezine.com/projects/diy-p…

Knee deep in #DevBoards as this year's #BoardsGuide deadline looms near! Looks like today is adafruit industries day at Boards HQ! 🤘⚡🤘

It's a pimoroni kind of day here at Boards HQ! Having a blast with a fresh crop of Raspberry Pi #RP2350-based #DevBoards and some extremely cute #LEDs! ✨🏴‍☠️🐒🤖🥷✨