This article appeared in Make: Vol. 91. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The comp bot scene is growing fast due to its accessible and inclusive nature and propensity toward letting everyone put their own spin on the notion of a plastic pal who’s fun to be with. Since it’s never been easier to join the growing Companion Bot family, here’s four highlights from some of our favorite bot makers!
Return to Roma! We’re here again in the Eternal City, myself and Maker Faire Bay Area producer Gillian Mutti, checking out this year’s crop of amazing makers, projects, and tech startups at the mother of all European events, Maker Faire Rome. It’s a huge show, produced by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Trade Agency (who generously sponsored our travel), and supported by some of our favorite vendors like Arduino, Digi-Key, and STMicroelectronics. We’ll be updating this...
This is a “Meet The Maker” profile in collaboration with Maker Faire Rome, highlighting makers who turn innovative ideas into tangible realities. Maker: Andrea Piccinno (Italy) Project: Morph, a human-powered, load-bearing exoskeleton designed to reduce strain on the back, neck, and legs during repetitive physical work. It uses no batteries, no motors—just smart engineering. Morph is debuting at Maker Faire Rome, making its first appearance on the global stage.
This article appeared in Make: Vol 92. Subscribe for more great projects. When Chris Mosley was in elementary school, he was the kid who was always behind in his work. While other students dutifully read in class, he got in trouble for drawing because he was more interested in creating his own stories than reading someone else’s. Fast-forward to today, and the creativity that got him in trouble as a kid now enables him to flourish as...
This article is from Make Vol. 73! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. The term “paper mâché” brings up fond memories of youthful summer camp projects — strips of newspaper dipped in paste, layered on top of a balloon, face, or cardboard model, then left to harden and be painted. Those resulting oblong balls, lumpy masks, and indeterminate piñatas should be familiar to us all. The centuries-old medium...
This article is from Make Vol. 73! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. Delicate. Soulful. Evocative. These aren’t typically the terms you hear us throw around when we speak of a blacksmith’s work. However, this artist is anything but typical. Ellen Durkan, known as Iron Maiden Forge, has been creating elaborate and mesmerizing works of fashion that are born from hot steel on the anvil. At...
Longtime Make: readers — and visitors to Maker Faires around the world — know how much we love R2-D2, that cheeky little astromech droid from Star Wars. We profiled the R2 Builders Group way back in our second issue, and showed how to build your own life-sized, remote controlled R2-D2 in 2016. Since then, the Star Wars universe has only grown, and the makers who create their own replicas and custom...
This article is from Make Vol. 71! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. Here’s another great project from the Make: archives. According to Karina Olsen, the biggest mistake you can make in welding class is telling your instructor that you’re finished early. “Once the instructor knows that you need more work, they will find random, ungraded projects for you to do until your classmates catch up with...
INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I WEBSITE I YOUTUBE Ten years ago, Maker Faire Cairo lit a spark in the heart of downtown—a bold introduction to a region ready to build, hack, craft, and dream. In 2025, that spark became something more: a platform. A two-day celebration that rewired how a maker event could feel, flow, and connect. With a reimagined format, deeply local roots, and global voices on the ground, Maker Faire Cairo’s 10th edition wasn’t...
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