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🕹️ We Built a Space Invaders Clone. Then We Gave It a Soldering Iron.

How TroubleMaker Shenzhen turned a 48-year-old arcade classic into a maker-themed WordPress plugin… And why we think your space needs one. Remember the first time you played Space Invaders? The

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The Otto Remix Challenge is LIVE

HP Robots Otto: Remix Challenge First place:  Prusa CORE One+ kit HP Robots Starter Creator Kit + All Creator Expansions Second place:  HP Robots Starter Creator Kit + All Creator

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The One Thing Missing from Most Makers’ Skill Sets? Verified Safety Training.

The One Thing Missing from Most Makers’ Skill Sets? Verified Safety Training. (Good news: it’s not missing anymore.) If you’ve ever stood in front of a band saw and felt

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Why a 3-Month Lab Rat Rebel Membership Is the Smartest Way to Start Hardware Development in Shenzhen

Why a 3-Month Lab Rat Rebel Membership Is the Smartest Way to Start Hardware Development in Shenzhen (Even if your budget says “just one month”) If you’re building a product

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TroubleMaker’s 9th Anniversary in Numbers

Some things stop you dead in your track when you suddenly realize it. For me, this was realizing that TroubleMaker is not just one year back in Huaqiangbei, but we

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I nearly GAVE UP on this invention

If you ever worked with a woodworking vice, then you know it can be a pain in the ass to securely clamp your workpiece.  Compass Rose Tools solved this problem

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