Sparki: My New Favorite Robot
Arcbotics, makers of Hexy the Hexapod, have an amazing two-wheel robot in the works. Check it out and get one for yourself. Read more »
Categories: Robotics | No Comments
Six-Headed Lego GBC Module
Lego robotics engineer Akiyuki is rightly famed for his amazing Great Ball Contraptions (GBCs), including this sick 17-module arrangement he has in his home. One of his latest modules is this great 6-headed hydra that snags balls and delivers them to the next stage. I love it! Read more »
Categories: Robotics, Fun & Games | No Comments
Building a Scaled-Down Space Invaders Game With Raspberry Pi
Some months ago I finished an original Space Invaders restoration project, but as you can see on the picture on the left, it was a little big for my daughter. So the other day I stumbled across a cheap 5.5 inch CRT black and white TV and I decided to... Read more »
Categories: 3D Printing, Electronics, Fun & Games, Kids & Family, Makers, Raspberry Pi, Woodworking | 7 Comments
How-To: Grow Super Hot Ghost Chilis
There’s no better way to spice up your garden than growing one of the world’s hottest chili peppers: Bhut Jolokia, otherwise known as the ghost chili. In 2007, the ghost chili was certified as the hottest pepper in the world by Guinness World Records, 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce... Read more »
Categories: Food & Beverage, Gardening | 7 Comments
Maker Pro “Master Class” With Bunnie Huang
This month's Hardware Innovation Workshop (May 14-15) offers an impressive line-up of speakers, presentations, workshops, and product demos all aimed at showcasing innovation and the maker ecosystem–fundraising, strategic partners, technology, and manufacturing options. If you're involved in the business of making, the Hardware Innovation Workshop is a one-of-a kind event.... Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Pitches with Prototypes: FoldiMate Laundry Robot
Continuing our run-up coverage to MAKE's 2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop is number three in our "pitches with prototypes" contest: the FoldiMate 5000 Alpha laundry-folding robot from co-founders Gal Rozov, Dr. Ted Selker, and Robert Ford. Read more »
Categories: Home, Robotics | 2 Comments
A Boy and His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie
The world's smallest movie was produced by a team of IBM nanophysicists. The animation is made from 242 stop-frames, and is 60 seconds long, with each frame measuring 1/20,000th the width of a human hair! Read more »
Categories: General, Photography & Video | 3 Comments
Ruggedized Rainbow Box
Nick Poole, a technologist for SparkFun Electronics, built this beautiful Arduino-powered rainbow box: Recently, I had the opportunity to see Phil Lapsley talk about his book “Exploding the Phone,” a history of phone phreaking. When I found out that he was coming to give the talk, I was reminded of... Read more »
Categories: Electronics | 3 Comments
First to File? Nah, First to Blog!
Like most people out there, I sometimes have more ideas than time to implement them. So instead of keeping those ideas locked in a notebook somewhere unaccessible and not serving a purpose, I’m going to release them into the world as public domain in the hope that they might inspire,... Read more »
Categories: Open Source Hardware | 8 Comments
Charge Your Smartphone–With Fire!
If fire wasn't the first thing invented, it was probably the second. The human race has had a long relationship with fire, and now you can use it to charge your smartphone, GPS, or anything else that you can connect to this thermoelectric generator using a USB cable. Read more »
Categories: Electronics, Hacks, Science, Tools | 6 Comments
Pipe Cleaners Make for Elegant Zoetrope
Usually the most challenging and time-consuming step in building a zoetrope is positioning the individual still figures just right so they animate smoothly when it's turned on. ITP student Sanniti Pimpley found a way around this by crafting her ballerinas from easily pose-able pink pipe cleaners. Read more »
Categories: Art & Design | 1 Comment
Resin Casting: Going from CAD to Engineering-Grade Plastic Parts
Plastics are not just ubiquitous, but extremely versatile: some of them are incredibly stretchy, while some are hard as nails; some are crystal clear, and others come in all colors of the rainbow; some can survive extreme temperatures, and yet others can stop a bullet mid-flight. Michal Zalewski walks us... Read more »
Categories: Machining | 35 Comments
