This 1/12th-scale transforming robot, built by Brave Robotics, looks utterly sick as it reconfigures itself as a car. Look for it at Maker Faire Tokyo! [via Ponoko]
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday November 29th, 2012 1:30 PM
Categories: General, Robotics | No Comments
DangPro visited Akihabara Electric Town, the fabulous electronic component district located in Tokyo. So jealous! [via Adafruit]
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday February 23rd, 2012 11:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, General | 7 Comments
To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we're giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in...
Posted by Michael Castor | Thursday December 22nd, 2011 9:00 AM
Categories: General | 668 Comments
Here's a glimpse from last week's Make: Tokyo Meeting #07 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Held over the December 3rd weekend, this Tokyo Maker Faire featured 260 makers, and...
Posted by Sabrina Merlo | Thursday December 15th, 2011 8:30 PM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
For ages, mankind has looked to birds for inspiration for flight. The Gakken Ornithopter Kit from the Maker Shed lets you discover flight powered by flapping wings, just like a...
Posted by Michael Castor | Thursday December 8th, 2011 8:00 AM
Categories: General | No Comments
I’ve been enjoying the blog posts by Ian Lesnet of Dangerous Prototypes as he visits Japan, including gotta-do-it stops at Tokyo Hackerspace and Akihabara Electric Town. He also attended Make:...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday December 8th, 2011 7:00 AM
Categories: General, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
Architect Akio Hizune recently published these variations on an earlier work imagining a "six dimensional monument" based on Penrose tilings.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 26th, 2011 6:14 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General | No Comments
This drone, reportedly a prototype for the Japan Self Defense Force, has a single rotor and is said to be capable of 40 mph flight. And as the video shows,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday June 13th, 2011 1:06 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Robotics | 20 Comments
This very entertaining take on the classic most useless machine gag is not quite so patient as its ancestors. Oh sure, it does what they all do: When you turn...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday May 10th, 2011 1:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, General, Robotics | 16 Comments
This remarkably beautiful video, uploaded to YouTube one day before the T?hoku earthquake and tsunami, turns out to be an ad for Sharp’s SH-08C handset. It is, nonetheless, entirely worth...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday April 11th, 2011 8:55 AM
Categories: General, Music, Woodworking | 62 Comments
The SWITL (translated) can pick up and deposit mayo, ketchup and other oozes and lay them down again with precision. [Via Pink Tentacle]
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday March 28th, 2011 5:00 PM
Categories: General | 15 Comments
TEROOS lets a distant friend accompany you and see/hear through the robot’s camera and mic. A mini directional speaker allows the robot to whisper in your ear, which is even...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday March 25th, 2011 6:56 AM
Categories: General, Robotics | 3 Comments
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