HackSpace - 05.2022

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• Special things made by special people
  
• 3D-printed magnficence
  
• FreeCAD, ion thrusters, and upcycling
  
• A voice-activated 3D printer!
  
• Remake the glory days of switches and blinkenlights
  
• Control rotational force through mathematics
  
• How to make things without damaging the world
  
• What to do with nature’s scaffolding poles
  
• Flexible LED filament is harder than it looks
  
• Failure in our workshop gives rise to beautiful success
  
• Analogue output. Output a range of voltages with a bunch of resistors
  
• Emotional LEGO. Build a face that reacts to its environment
  
• Earth communications Send messages through the earth
  
• K40 laser cutter Better; stronger; faster; safer
  
• Slicing options Make prints smoother, lighter, and faster
  
• Great gear for gardening geeks
  
• Pimoroni Badger Tiny e-ink display powered by RP2040
  
• Shaper Origin An incredibly cool handheld CNC router
  
• Pimoroni Trilobot A programmable Triassic-inspired robot
  

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