Today we are releasing our newest set of “Download and Print” cards for Valentine’s day. This is our seventh year, and seventh set of cards. The 2013 set had six equation-heavy cards, the 2014 set was a set of six symbol-heavy cards, and the 2015 set included love,...

Chirping bird sculpture made from electronic components (one of many entries in the Hackaday Circuit Sculpture contest which recently ended) Glow-in-the-Dark Plotter Clock Fast HSV to RGB Conversion for small CPUs The Maraschino Mogul’s Secret Life Dissection fonts: Typefaces made...

I’m super excited to see the new MythBusters Jr episode tonight, because I’m in it with the AxiDraw! In their quest to see if a single pencil can write 45,000 words, @valerie_mbj, @NotABombBunkE and @braintwist2112 turn to @1lenore's AMAZING #AxiDraw....

Yesterday I gave a talk at the inaugural Plotter People meetup titled Plotter Projects from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. My slides were a series of pictures from our projects, so rather than publish the presentation itself, I’m publishing a list...

Pillows based on ant faces. Backstory here. The Titanic was on fire, before the iceberg. Forever Pizza: Real pizza, encased in acrylic (via Laughing Squid) Turn your cell phone into an Etch A Sketch with 3D printing On the design...

There’s a new get-together just for plotter people! Plotter People is a meetup for creative coders and people interested in collaborating with robots to make art. You’ll get to talk to folks who make generative art in a wide variety...

Jiří Zemánek, whose EggBot work we have featured before, sent in this wonderful video of stroboscopically animated Christmas ornaments. The stroboscopic patterns are designed in MATLAB and drawn by EggBot Pro on colored glass Christmas ornaments. Motion of the balls...

For Hanukkah this year, Ol Rappaport modified one of our Deluxe LED Menorah kits into a custom fluorescent acrylic body, substituted UV LEDs and used a USB power supply.

Paper Pulp 3D Printer Jackie Speier on Surviving Jonestown Puzzle Montage Art by Tim Klein London Tube Cutaways Why your mental map of the world is (probably) wrong Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of...

Gareth Branwyn posted an article on creating a gift basket for makers. It is full of awesome tools, including one of our favorites, the resistor lead forming tool. He’s also having a give-away for his example basket! To be eligible,...

Our BristleBot project is included in an article on toothbrush projects in the December issue of Hackspace Magazine.

We’re having a Thanksgiving Sale at Evil Mad Scientist! During our Thanksgiving Sale, use checkout coupon code THANKS to save 10% storewide. Save on popular items like the new AxiDraw SE/A3, on soldering kits, EggBot, and everything else too! Sale...

We’ve just added two new magnetic easels for AxiDraw to our lineup of AxiDraw accessories. They are sturdy work-holding tools that provide an alternative method of positioning paper or other workpieces for use with the AxiDraw. A heavy-duty alternative to...

The Supplyframe Magazine RealTalk Electronics was released at the Hackaday Superconference. It includes the article State of the Electronics Trade War which we contributed to. It’s awesome to be included in this group of authors!

Patricio Gonzalez Vivo has been using AxiDraw for circuit board etching experiments. He draws on copper clad boards with a Sharpie marker with the AxiDraw. Drawing is followed by a chemical bath. The marker is cleaned off of the remaining...

  Radio waves from our galaxy, the Milky Way, reflecting off the surface of the Moon. VFX Artist Reveals the Relative Sizes of Stars. The Forgotten Cold War Plan That Put a Ring of Copper Around the Earth. Two bits...

Last year before Halloween, Evan used an AxiDraw hidden in a box to animate a ouija board. He also posted a progress video from before adding the LEDs and doing the lettering and finishing. It turned out beautifully!

Our Three Fives Timer Kit is featured on the September 2018 cover of Servo Magazine. The article inside talks about the workings of the 555 and features a project using the Three Fives kit in a custom carrier board to...

Mike Jacobs added a pantograph to his AxiDraw to multiply its size range. Not content with that, he doubled it. Bigger!!! I extended the extension—now it’s a double pantograph!! The #axidraw #plotter draws ~8.5×12” out of the box. My pantograph...

I will be at Science Hack Day SF giving a lightning talk on Creative Off-Label Tool Use featuring some of the cool and unusual ways people are using AxiDraw and other tools we make. I’ll also have an AxiDraw in...

You’re invited to our annual open house! When: Saturday, November 10, 4 pm to 8 pm Where: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories 1285 Forgewood Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 You can see the MOnSter 6502 in action, check out an AxiDraw demonstration,...

Joanie LeMercier has been working on a project using invisible ink and different lighting schemes with the AxiDraw. He has posted a bunch of clips and pictures in his twitter stream with the heading “Invisible drawing.” pic.twitter.com/9xWEATkRic — ᴊᴏᴀɴɪᴇ ʟᴇᴍᴇʀᴄɪᴇʀ...

For Ada Lovelace Day this year, I would like to celebrate a group of young women in science, technology and making who are celebrating and uplifting each other. I had the privilege of seeing some of them at Maker Faire...

Halloween is nearly here! Still need ideas? Head over to the Halloween Project Archives for a list of our projects over the years. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, and … we’ve organized dozens of our Halloween projects into categories: costumes, pumpkins, decor and food.

Dynamic liquefaction sinks ships. A Homemade Engraving Pantograph (YouTube). Metal casting at home with lost PLA and green sand. How to pick up a cat like a pro (YouTube, via Boing Boing). Coffee Candy, Ranked. Mug-O-Matic: A different geometry of...