Invent a Speech Aid, RaspPi Telegraph, and More

The latest news from Make: [Make:]( [Maker Mission]( Tuesday July 11, 2017 [Maker Share Mission: Help Malia Communicate]( One of the best qualities of the maker movement is how makers band together to create customized solutions that are as unique as the people they help. For example, Malia is an 11-year-old with cerebral palsy. She is all smiles, very bright, and understands everything people say to her, but her speech is unclear to most people outside her family. To help, we’ve launched a mission on our new Maker Share community platform asking for inventions that can translate her speech. Here's how you can get involved. [READ MORE]( Sponsored by: [Maker Camp]( [Telegraph]( [Use Raspberry Pi for a Modern Day Telegraph]( Morse code is a super simple communication protocol that can be used in all kinds of ways — from secret signals tapped out by hand to lights, whistles, radio beacons, you name it. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, you can update the bare-bones simplicity of a physical Morse key for the 21st century. [Read More]( [Summer Fun]( [Summer Fun: Design Fun Musical Devices and Games]( Make musical devices using everyday materials like pencils, marshmallows, fruit, and more. You can build music-making projects using pencil sketches and other conductive materials connected to a Makey Makey board and programmed with Scratch. [Read More]( [Spaceship Bed]( [This Dad Goes Above and Beyond with a Space Ship Bunk Bed Build]( Pete Dearing should win the Maker Dad of the Year award for the interactive cockpit he created in his kids' spaceship bunk beds. With no real experience in electronics or woodwork, Dearing bought some plans online and built this awesome bed full of lights, switches, and knobs! [Read More]( [Casting Parts]( [Easy Casting of Small Model Parts and Miniatures with Blue Stuff]( Use a water-reactive thermoplastic to create molds for casting small parts for scale modeling and miniature gaming. [Read More]( Sponsored by: [The Make: Guide To Drones]( [Make: Education Nesletter - Join Today]( [Tips of the Week: Enlarging Washers, Gaffer's Tape Patterns, Screw Identifying Tools]( Identifying your fasteners, making patterns with gaffer's tape, burning marks in wood, and more on zip tie cutting. [Read More]( More from Make: As a community, makers are having an impact by defining personal and social missions. [Here are few]( that inspired Make: founder Dale Dougherty. Make: and Fat Brain Toys have launched the [Kidventor Challenge]( which will offer kids, grades 1–6, the opportunity to submit design ideas for new toys and games. The winner will get his or her design developed into an actual Fat Brain toy! The [Call For Makers is now open]( for the 8th annual World Maker Faire in New York! Number eight is going to be bigger than ever as we return to the largest city in the U.S. and fill the New York Hall of Science with incredible innovation and creativity. Deadlines for application rounds 1 and 2 are July 9 and 16. Apply today! [Upcoming Maker Faires]( » [Waterbury Mini Maker Faire]( (VT): July 15 » [Maker Faire Bodensee]( (Friedrichshafen, Germany): July 15–16 » [Maker Faire Xi'an]( (Shaanxi, China): July 15–16 » [Kingsport Mini Maker Faire]( (TN): July 22 » [Maker Faire Singapore]( (Republic of Singapore): July 22–23 » [Wichita Mini Maker Faire]( (KS): July 22–23 Find a Maker Faire near you on the [Maker Faire map](. [FIND A FAIRE]( Maker Media, Inc | 1700 Montgomery St, Suite 240 | San Francisco, CA 94111 Having trouble viewing this email? [View it online.]( If you got this from a friend, [join us here](. Thanks to our sponsors for making newsletters possible. If you'd like to advertise, [learn more here](. This email was sent to: {NAME}%40gmail.com. [Update Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](