May 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Maker Faire Preview: Robots, Art Cars and Towers of Fire

Make magazine's festival of hack-it-yourself technology enters its second year this weekend, returning to the San Mateo Fairgrounds on May 19 and 20.

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Formlabs Has a 3D Printer for Normies

The Form Studio 1 is a $699 desktop-sized printer that fits on a desk and only stinks a little bit.

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The Tesla Roadster 2 Is Here—and It Flies

The automaker unveiled its next luxury sports car at an event in Texas. It has thrusters on it that can send it airborne.

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Jaguar Finally Reveals Its Biggest Gamble: the Type 01

Following a viral rebrand and two years without selling a new vehicle, the British marque takes the covers off the most divisive electric car yet seen.

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Tesla’s Roadster 2 Is Late—and Entering a Different EV World

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Sony Wants You to Forget About Discs With Its Gorgeous Transparent Controllers

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Treat Yourself to Deals on Our Favorite Phone Chargers

Avoid the scariest thing this Halloween (your phone at 1 percent) with Anker's 20 percent off sale on all charging gear.

Kat Merck

Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Tom Bristow

A Tesla Flying Car? I Don’t Know, Man

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These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out

Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.

Will Knight

A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat

Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.

Brian Kahn

Snag a Fat Discount on Bluetti’s Best Portable Power Station

The Bluetti Elite 300, my favorite portable power station, is on sale, and it’s perfect if you want to go off-grid or have a backup at home.

Simon Hill

The Men Spending $50,000 Just to Reserve a Tesla Roadster

The base model—without thrusters or the flight system—will likely cost several times that amount to buy. “I’m going to do everything in my power to get the flying one,” says one customer.

Aarian Marshall