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3-D Printers Galore!
We here at PopSci are cracy about 3-D printers, and Maker Faire was flush with plenty of implementations of this...
Top-Notch Persistence of Vision
Another image from the day-one slide show I couldn’t let get buried: James Nick Sears and his dad’s amazing “persistence...
Be Your Own Google Earth
Of all the projects I saw on display this weekend, the one I’m most anxious to try myself is kite...
Is That the Star Trek Theme?
It wouldn’t be a true techie gathering without a theremin, one of the oldest electronic instruments in existence. Dr. Robby...
Just in Case You Missed It…
This was at the very end of the day-one slide show, but I had to bring it out in its...
Maker Faire Action: Photos from Day One
From robots to crocheted videogame consoles
PopSci at the Maker Faire
Tomorrow, yours truly is shipping out to sunny San Mateo, California, for the second-annual Maker Faire. Put on by our...
GRAY MATTERAtoms and Eves
Before lava lamps and laser light, all you needed for romance was some radioactivity
High-Dynamic-Range Photography: A Guide
To get started, you’ll need to shoot the same scene with a range of different exposures [above, my subject is...
Your Guide to High Dynamic Range Photography
Use our step-by-step primer to turn five humdrum digital photos into one stunning image via free software