Advertise with Googlier.com Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers https://makezine.com/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:16:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/favicon-32x32.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers https://makezine.com/ 32 32 179013238 Halloween Spirit from the Make: Editorial Slack Archives https://makezine.com/article/craft/cosplay-props/halloween-spirit-from-the-make-editorial-slack-archives/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:15:23 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579549 Halloween Spirit from the Make: Editorial Slack Archives

Every October, the Make: editorial Slack fills up with links. Someone posts a skeleton that carves pumpkins, someone else answers with a 30-foot marionette, and by Halloween we have a full haunted house worth of inspiration. Here are some of the builds that keep resurfacing in the channel, from animatronics and yard-scale puppets to costumes […]

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]]> 579549 OpenBDX Duck Robot: Learning to Waddle https://makezine.com/article/technology/robotics/openbdx-duck-robot-learning-to-waddle/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:11:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579546 OpenBDX Duck Robot: Learning to Waddle

Droid builders are reverse engineering Disney’s real-life “duck” robots.

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]]> 579546 10 Things I Can’t Wait to See at Maker Faire Orlando https://makezine.com/article/maker-news/maker-faire/10-things-i-cant-wait-to-see-at-maker-faire-orlando/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:10:49 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579303

10 Things I Can’t Wait to See at Maker Faire Orlando Maker Faire Orlando has been on my bucket list even before I joined Make: in 2014. It is a long story I will refrain from.  But one that has never lined up for me to attend until now! In excited anticipation as I was […]

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]]> 579303 Review: Banan-a-Synth Is an Adorable Yellow Synthesizer https://makezine.com/article/craft/music/review-banan-a-synth-is-an-adorable-yellow-synthesizer/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579322 Banana-shaped circuit board. On the bottom is a row of capacitive pads arranged like piano keys, etched with the name BANAN-A-SYNTH. On top are pads for TEMPO, TUNE, VOL, MODE.

Banan-a-Synth is just what it sounds like: a banana-sized, 20-note, capacitive touch keyboard that can mimic different instruments. And it sounds great.

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]]> 579322 Taylor Waddell Made a Working BART Gate Halloween Costume https://makezine.com/article/craft/taylor-waddell-made-a-working-bart-gate-halloween-costume/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579535 Waddell showing his Downtown Berkeley BART gate costume on a workbench.

Taylor Waddell's working BART gate costume is well-done and incredibly niche.

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]]> 579535 Udderly Fantastic Game Controller https://makezine.com/projects/udderly-fantastic-game-controller/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=579437 Udderly Fantastic Game Controller

Make a squishy cow udder controller for your indie video game out of silicone and force-sensitive resistors, so players can squeeze teats to the beat!

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]]> 579437 A Shapeshifting LED Mask for Halloween https://makezine.com/article/craft/a-shapeshifting-led-mask-for-halloween/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579426 A Shapeshifting LED Mask for Halloween

Sebastian Staacks from There Oughta Be built an LED mask that can change into any face using matrix panels, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and zip ties.

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]]> 579426 Omnibot Reborn: Giving a 1984 Robot Butler the Brain It Was Promised https://makezine.com/article/technology/robotics/omnibot-reborn-giving-a-1984-robot-butler-the-brain-it-was-promised/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:50:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579282 Tomy Omnibot with Ring-O companion robot mounted on an arm, OLED eye glowing

In 1984, Tomy sold a toy robot that promised a domestic future it couldn’t quite deliver. Forty years later, a maker in Miami gave it vision, a voice, and just enough intelligence to finally pull it off.

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]]> 579282 Train a Balance Bot With Reinforcement Learning https://makezine.com/article/technology/robotics/train-a-balance-bot-with-reinforcement-learning/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:10:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579381 Balancing robot made from M5Stack Bala2-Fire kit.

Teach a robot to balance, using reinforcement learning in simulation just like the big labs.

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]]> 579381 Maker Faire Rome 2026: 400+ Stories Of Innovation, Creativity and Discovery https://makezine.com/article/maker-news/maker-faire-rome-2026-400-stories-of-innovation-creativity-and-discovery/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:32:37 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=579105 Maker Faire Rome 2026: 400+ Stories Of Innovation, Creativity and Discovery

Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition: 23–25 October 2026Gazometro Ostiense, RomeTickets are available exclusively online at makerfairerome.eu. Humanoid football, hands-on research, and more return to the Gazometro: The 14th edition runs from 23 to 25 October with 26 secondary schools, 27 universities and research centers, 145 projects and new programs spanning robotics, craft, books, food […]

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