As more consumers move into DIY projects, more maker businesses will emerge to serve them.
Mr. Vuolo, who remodeled their apartment to save money, also involves the kids whenever possible in his DIY projects.
Many DIY projects are abandoned because the homeowners did not clearly understand exactly what was involved in terms of work, time and money.
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Olympia Circuits is best known for its Arno board and Arno Shield, which are designed to ease the Arduino learning curve by providing a bevy of pre-wired sensors and controls along with detailed instructions for several DIY projects.
Once in a while we'd come across some cool DIY projects inspired by Doctor Who, the world's longest-running sci-fi TV show, but nothing beats this little TARDIS that would actually make you gasp out the classic line: "It's bigger on the inside!"
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My dad was an engineer and I spent countless hours tinkering with him on the DIY projects he had going on around our house, from using an oscilloscope and hand tools, to being allowed to drive the tractor, learning how to set spark plugs and change a timing belt, swapping out alternators, building a computer and soldering circuit paths on to an early motherboard .
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The credit-card sized computers have been used in a huge variety of DIY computing projects.
But soon, as with countless other communities, it found its way to the Internet where a number of passionate DIY bloggers wrote about home projects and these conversations became computer-mediated and immediate.
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Home Depot closed half of its stores in China after finding that Chinese consumers were not as enthusiastic about DIY (Do-It-Yourself) home improvement projects as Americans are.
Making projects is not only technology, of course, and often involves traditional DIY disciplines like arts and crafts, woodworking and metalworking, too.
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