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Free sample chips available from Microchip Technology

The sponsors of this year’s Halloween contest are giving away microchips! To score some, go here, register, then choose the product line and device family you’re interested in and click on the orange icons to order free samples. From their press release:

Hey Makers in the United States, UK, Germany, France and Italy… We have the exclusive on some great news from Microchip! Beginning Friday, October 2, you will be able to get free microcontroller, analog and memory samples from http://www.microchip.com/samples/. That’s right, you don’t even have to pay for shipping and handling! This is a great opportunity to get some parts for your embedded microcontroller project in the Make: Halloween Contest 2009.

Continue Reading September 30th, 2009 Sean Michael Ragan32

Designing a better world

Following closely on the heels of Maker Faire Rhode Island is more big excitement for the littlest state. A better world by design is a conference focused on applying technological solutions to the needs and challenges of society. This year promises to be very exciting, with an all star-speaker line-up including Jan Chipchase of Nokia, […]

Continue Reading September 29th, 2009 Kipp Bradford

Sign up for the Make: Online Newsletter

Did you know that Make: Online has an electronic newsletter? Well, we used to. We haven’t put an issue out in awhile, but we’re going to start republishing it in October. The newsletter is a great way to get more of an inside look at what’s going on at Maker Media, and to get content […]

Continue Reading September 28th, 2009 Gareth Branwyn

Garrett Wade tool giveaway time!

Ok, we admit it, we’re tool junkies. Some people have it for gadgets, but who can resist a great-looking (and great-functioning) hand tools? Make: Online and Garrett Wade would like to give you some.

Continue Reading September 28th, 2009 Becky Stern331

“Ask an engineer chat” tonight, 10pm ET, w/ special guests

Adafruit’s weekly “Ask an engineer chat” is tonight, 9/26/2009, 10pm ET. Tonight, Phil and Limor will be joined by special guests, the folks from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and MakerBot Industries. They’ll be experimenting with doing live video, chat, and mobile again. “Ask an engineer chat” tonight 9/26/2009 – 10pm ET with special guests EMSL […]

Continue Reading September 26th, 2009 Gareth Branwyn

Mark Hoekstra Award

One year ago Sunday, we learned of the sad death of MAKE Contributor and GEEK Technique blogger Mark Hoekstra. Only 34 years old, Mark had a heart attack while riding his bike. The maker/hardware hacking world misses him and the fun stuff he used to put up on his site. To mark the first anniversary […]

Continue Reading September 24th, 2009 Gareth Branwyn

Felt Mustaches at the Handcar Regatta

Known to those in the know as the Handcar Regatta, the eclectic steampunk-styled event is centered around a wild race down the train tracks. Teams with hand built cars will push their limits competing for the prize and all the glory.

Continue Reading September 24th, 2009 Brookelynn Morris2

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