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Guide to Boards 2026: Super (Tiny) Computers

From the latest issue of Make: magazine: Arduino and Raspberry Pi’s surprising new releases put commuting power where we’ve never seen it before.

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Maker Faire Shenzhen Soars to New Heights

Make: Community Editor David Groom travelled to Maker Faire Shenzhen 2025 and saw first hand how the event continues to grow, with an Innovation Ambassador cohort and the usual amazing array of high tech projects.

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It’s the 2025 Maker Shed Gift Guide!

Ideally, all your gifts are handmade, complete, and ready to give away for the holidays. But back in this world, help is usually appreciated, which is where Maker Shed steps in. There’s so many gifts for the makers in your life in the shed, narrowing down just the right one is tricky. So we’ve picked our favorites to help ensure you’ll find something great. Here, in no order, are our staff picks for 2025.


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Fireside Chat with Filmmakers of the Maker Faire Two-Minute Film Festival

Join Make: Founder Dale Dougherty for a Fireside Chat with Derek Kessler, Ana Roure, and David Thulin, three of the participants of the inaugural Maker Faire Two-Minute Film Festival whose short films were chosen for screening at Maker Faire Bay Area 2025.


Derek, Ana, and David will share their creative visions and talk about how they focused their maker skills through the lens of cinematic storytelling. From costume design to animatronics to prop making, their films show the amazing things that can happen when imagination meets innovation.


Playlist: Watch some of the featured films! 

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My First Hackaday Supercon: Amazing and Inspiring

Avid 3D printer and Maker Faire Orange County alum Dom Dominici found a welcoming, passionate community of builders at Hackaday’s Supercon in Pasadena.

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Help Makerspaces Help You

It’s giving season again, that time of year when charities and non-profits, like most of us, try to reckon with the old year and plan for the next. Major organizations all over are asking for support. And while people from all over can help out national and international groups, local groups like makerspaces rely entirely on help from their community.

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Review: HOTO Precision Screwdriver Pen

From Make: magazine: A wise man once said, “It’s amazing how many things can be taken apart with just one ordinary screwdriver!” That’s even more true of HOTO’s Precision Screwdriver Pen, a portable toolkit that blends EDC functionality in a chic device.


And if you still haven’t found the right tool for the maker in your life, check out more reviews from Make:.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 @ 4:30 PM PST

Join us for a Fireside Chat with Dale Dougherty and Kathy Ceceri, author and educator, as she shares the story behind the updated and revised edition of a Make: classic, Paper Inventions. This new edition ignites imagination with hours of hands-on STEAM activities for young inventors and busy adults. 


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New iFixit Soldering Irons and Stations in the Shed

The FixHub Portable Soldering Station, from iFixit, gives you the power of a benchtop setup, anywhere you need it, without compromising performance. Whether you're in the workshop or out in the field, you're always ready to fix!


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