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Fortress planter

Mario Pomodoro Timer

Musical cyberdeck

Stair-climbing robot

Oddly satisfying clock

Objet 3d’art • 3D-printed artwork to bring more beauty into your life

Letters

LENS • Uncover the technology that’s powering the future

SOLDERING IRONS ON TEST • BUDGET SOLDERING IRONS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

THE IRONS

OUR VERDICT

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HOW I MADE • AIR POWERED ROCKET LAUNCHER

HackSpace magazine meets… Matt Gray • If you can dream it, you can do it. Just don’t bother with putting HP sauce in ice cream

IN THE WORKSHOP: Tattered jacket • A new take on a traditional outfit

IN THE WORKSHOP: A guitar pickup • Music to our ears

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FORGE • HACK MAKE BUILD CREATE Improve your skills, learn something new, or just have fun tinkering – we hope you enjoy these hand-picked projects

Printing with polypropylene • The filament has a bad reputation, but it doesn’t have to be difficult to print

Laser-cut boxes • Create customised storage with an online generator

Pico W IoT with Anvil: Plot sensor data • Store sensor data sent from Pico and plot graphs in an Anvil web app

Grow amazing crystals • Mike Bedford guides you on a voyage of discovery, turning ordinary household substances into astonishing crystals

RFID spells fun • Make a fun card-matching game using RFID readers and a Pimoroni Pico LiPo

Dyeing for art • Dye your own sheets of acrylic using synthetic fabric dye

Fast analogue input with Raspberry Pi Pico • Get perfectly timed snapshots using CircuitPython

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FIELD TEST • HACK MAKE BUILD CREATE Hacker gear poked, prodded, taken apart, and investigated

ONLY THE BEST The latest in DIY electronic kits • A collection of new, or at least newer, DIY electronic parts and accessories

PicoBricks Base Kit vs Arduino Make Your UNO Kit

Inky Frame 4.0 with Pico W

Adafruit 5×5 NeoPixel Grid BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao

Nicla Sense ME

Interstate 75 W with Pico W

Inky Frame 4.0 • Putting a maker-friendly e-ink screen to the test

Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 • The most popular maker camera gets an overhaul

CROWDFUNDING NOW • Make 100 Start the new year with something new

MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES