Yesterday I went to check out Burning Man Decompression in San Francisco. As always, there were incredible costumes: a pair of giant cardboard robots, interacting with passersby, a gentleman dressed...
Posted by Gillian BenAry | Monday October 8th, 2012 4:35 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Crowdfunding, Home | 8 Comments
Over at Teague Labs maker John Mabry has been having a bit of fun creating printable consumer electronics. Named after its elapsed print time, the 13:30 is a pair of...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday October 8th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Music | 1 Comment
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Monkey-Couch-Guardian/2232/1 Combine an Arduino with a proximity sensor, and make an obnoxious device to discourage cats and other...
Posted by makemagazineuser | Thursday October 4th, 2012 5:20 PM
Categories: Arduino, Electronics, Home | No Comments
The EnableTalk system uses a glove-mounted microcontroller to collate information from a passel of onboard sensors—11 flex sensors, 8 touch sensors, 2 accelerometers, a compass, and a gyroscope—and transmit it...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday September 21st, 2012 6:06 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 3 Comments
If you're looking for a nice portable speaker for your iPhone or iPod Touch and are into the retro look of an old lunch box, then you'll dig AudioPail, a...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday September 19th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 3 Comments
I missed the original Cricut insanity a few years back when the original model debuted. My friends went NUTS for it, raving about what a great addition it was to...
Posted by Lish Dorset | Thursday September 13th, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Craft, Paper Crafts, Tools, Workshop | 5 Comments
On a recent trip to Europe, BC OSS enthusiast Gef Tremblay pieced together something he calls KindleBerry Pi from minimal kit he brought along on his journey. He's networked a...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday September 11th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 11 Comments
If you've ever walked through an IKEA before, you know that they're filled with some of the more well-designed and inexpensive raw materials you can repurpose for your project.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday September 5th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
Another pint-sized all-in-one ARM dev board, called the Cubieboard, has been announced. It packs a 1Ghz ARM cortex-A8 processor, OpenGL ES, 1GB ram, HDMI out, ethernet, 2 USB Host, 1...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday September 4th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 5 Comments
If you like the old-time tactile quality of a classic manual typewriter, but have come to appreciate the ease of use of an iPad, you'll dig Austin Yang's iTypewriter mechanical...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday August 30th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile | 24 Comments
Give your desk a bit of color by transforming the most common of office staples – the tape dispenser. Maggie of Smashed Peas and Carrots turned some plain black tape...
Posted by Lish Dorset | Tuesday August 28th, 2012 4:00 PM
Categories: Craft | No Comments
Inside the Gigeresque enclosure by Steve D of Mad Art Lab resides functioning radiation sensing equipment capable of sensing minute amounts of radioactive material.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday August 21st, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Science | 2 Comments
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