This blimp uses two 55″ helium balloons, Dexter Industries NXTBee wireless modules, a servo, and two DC motors. One of the creators, Tyler Westmoreland, shared the RobotC code. [via Dexter...
Posted by John Baichtal | Sunday February 3rd, 2013 7:00 AM
Categories: General, Fun & Games, Robotics | 1 Comment
Dexter Industries has been playing around with the RPi lately, and hooked up a Mindstorms-compatible accelerometer/gyroscope to a RPi running Raspbian. They have a full tutorial showing how they did...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday February 1st, 2013 8:00 AM
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Jason Allemann, who created these Lego mazes last year, built this beautiful and elegant Lego ball clock. The video shows how the rail system works with one ball being hauled...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday January 31st, 2013 1:00 PM
Categories: Fun & Games | 2 Comments
Miguel Valenzuela, builder of the Lego PancakeBot is trying to bring the bot to Maker Faire Bay Area. He posted this video explaining how the thing works. It’s cool!
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday January 25th, 2013 9:30 AM
Categories: Crowdfunding, Food & Beverage | 2 Comments
This is fun. If you think it, you can build it! Especially if you have an iPad don’t mind your Wii U being huge! [via the Brothers Brick]
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday January 23rd, 2013 2:30 PM
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Miguel Valenzuela, whose Pancake Bot took Maker Faire New York by storm, is looking to crowdfunding for help to send him and his family to the Bay Area this spring....
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday January 15th, 2013 5:00 PM
Categories: Workshop, Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Yesterday I finally had the chance to check out Lego’s booth in the Kids@Play section of CES. They’re previewing the newest version of their robotics platform, Mindstorms EV3, for show...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Friday January 11th, 2013 7:57 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 6 Comments
Japanese Lego builder akiyuky has been featured on the MAKE blog numerous times, including his great ball contraption (and another) as well as his monster 5-axis robotic arm. This time...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday January 10th, 2013 7:30 AM
Categories: Robotics, Fun & Games | 3 Comments
We've seen giant NES controllers in the Maker world before, but Baron von Brunk's may be the first that is made almost entirely of Lego.
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday January 8th, 2013 1:30 PM
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
I’m excited to see what Lego does with their next Lego Mindstorms set. Due out in Fall of 2013, the Lego Mindstorms EV3 refreshes what has become Lego’s best selling...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday January 7th, 2013 7:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 5 Comments
Lego builder Barman makes an amazing stab at creating a fully functional Lego hand. My favorite detail is the motor that makes the fingers spread apart, which is a humanlike...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday January 4th, 2013 9:30 AM
Categories: Science, Fun & Games | 4 Comments
YouTube user NXT1Engineer, who built a Mindstorms beer opening robot, is at it again with this M&M-sorting machine. I love the cleverness and efficiency of the various sub-mechanisms. [via The...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday January 3rd, 2013 8:30 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
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