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The Toa Mata Drumbots Return

Nick Normal — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:56 +0000

Italian maker and sound producer Giuseppe Acito returns with his robot percussion band by combining LEGO Bionicle bots, Arduino Uno, and an iPad MIDI sequencer app.

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Brendan Dawes: Sharing Your Work

Andrew Sleigh — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:00:08 +0000

This week, I interviewed the designer and maker Brendan Dawes for my podcast, Looking Sideways. Brendan's known for early interactive web projects like Psycho Studio, that allows users to remix Hitchcock's famous shower scene themselves. He's also known for his physical projects, such as the Moviepeg and Popa iPhone accessories, and devices that cross the digital/physical divide, such as the Happiness Machine, an internet-connected printer that prints random happy thoughts from people across the web. We talked about designing physical objects that embody hidden digital information.

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Diyode Codeshield Gets a Lesson Plan

John Baichtal — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:18:35 +0000

The Diyode Codeshield is a fascinating project out of the Diyode hackerspace in Guelph, ON. It’s an Arduino shield loaded with sensors, a buzzer, a motor, LEDs, a rotary encoder, and so on, with the idea that it would help people learn Arduino programming without having to learn about electronics […]

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Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board

Andrew Terranova — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:12 +0000

Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux.

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New Arduino Robot Available in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire

Marc de Vinck — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:28 +0000

This year Arduino is launching their robotics platform, and I was fortunate enough to get my hands on one a little early.

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The Oreo Separator Man at Maker Faire

Sabrina Merlo — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:50:25 +0000

David Neevel made one of the best viral videos of 2013, the “Oreo Separator Machine.” It is dry-funny and it stars his whack machine that removes the white [disgusting] faux Oreo cream. He is a maker who knows how to tell a story. He is a copywriter at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland. […]

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Hardware Innovation Workshop In Pictures

Gregory Hayes — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:37 +0000

MAKE's 2nd annual Hardware Innovation Workshop concluded yesterday after two inspiring, thought-provoking days. Thanks to all our great sponsors, presenters, and attendees for making it a success. Here's a look back.

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HIW Day 2: “This is the Community I was Looking For.”

Stett Holbrook — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:05:07 +0000

Hardware is hard as the quip goes, but there's never been a better time to be prototyping and launching hardware projects than right now. That seemed to be the consensus today as the second and final day of MAKE Hardware's Innovation Workshop wrapped up. The all-day schedule of speakers represented a deep pool of talent, creativity, and passion for the business of making.

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BlinkyTape: The LED Strip Reinvented

John Baichtal — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:12:19 +0000

Our friend Matt Mets, along with pals Max Henstell and Marty Mcguire, is developing a cool addressable LED light strip that packs a microprocessor on the strip for easy programming. Look cool? You can get in on the Kickstarter campaign and score some excellent tech. It looks awesome, Matt! Filed […]

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Introducing New Column from Arduino’s Massimo Banzi

Ken Denmead — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:54:31 +0000

MAKE is excited to announce a new monthly column all about Arduino, by platform co-creator Massimo Banzi. In this month's post, Massimo introduces the Arduino Robot!

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