Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson and formed the company Technical Illusions to launch a new product that brings augmented reality to you via a pair of high-tech glasses. The product,...
Posted by Andrew Terranova | Sunday May 19th, 2013 6:41 PM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
Ouya is a new kind of game console for the television. It is open and allows any creator to develop games. Ouya's Tim DaRosa will be at the Hardware Innovation...
Posted by D.C. Denison | Wednesday May 1st, 2013 1:41 PM
Categories: Crowdfunding, Maker Pro, Open Source Hardware | 4 Comments
The DIY Network shows us how to make a fun corn hole game for those hot summer nights.
Posted by Meg Allan Cole | Thursday April 18th, 2013 3:00 PM
Categories: Craft, Art & Design, Fun & Games, Home, Kids & Family | No Comments
Becky over at Adafruit is taking the wraps off an all new project, a capacitive touch sensitive plush USB game controller. At the core of the project is the Adafruit...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 1:34 PM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | 2 Comments
We're all familiar with wildly waving your arms in front of a Kinect to control an on-screen avatar, but the special hardware required ultimately limits the reach of this technology....
Posted by Blake Maloof | Thursday March 28th, 2013 11:22 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | No Comments
Since last we saw NeuroSky’s mind-reading game controller (at last year’s GDC), developers have been hard at work finding fun and interesting ways to use the device. I got a...
Posted by Blake Maloof | Wednesday March 27th, 2013 5:23 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 1 Comment
Blake Maloof is at GDC this week searching for new developments in gaming and gaming hardware that might be of interest to makers.
Posted by Blake Maloof | Tuesday March 26th, 2013 5:36 PM
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Jason Birch built a hand held MAME device using a Raspberry Pi connected to a 3.5" LCD screen. The unit is powered from a battery pack and runs for around...
Posted by Nick Normal | Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 4:45 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Raspberry Pi | 7 Comments
For the upcoming MAKE Volume 33, David Merrill contributed an article called Going Pro, about how makers are turning hand-soldered prototypes into real consumer electronics. He’s here in the Gaming...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday January 9th, 2013 4:45 PM
Categories: General, Fun & Games, Maker Pro | 1 Comment
You know that person, heck, you probably are that person. The holidays can be difficult for people who are married to/siblings/friends of people like you and me. So, what’s a...
Posted by Jake Spurlock | Wednesday December 19th, 2012 1:21 PM
If you’re playing Rocksmith (and I think you should be), and you’re playing standing up (ditto), you have probably run into the "where do I put the controller" problem. The...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Music, Fun & Games | No Comments
This guide will describe the steps required to build Skull Ball, a DIY interactive game using a teensy microcontroller and a Sharp IR sensor to count ping-pong balls being thrown...
Posted by Matt Roy
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | No Comments
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