To make capacitive touchscreens work through gloves, you need a conductive pathway between the screen and your finger(s). Commercial touchscreen-friendly gloves made with conductive fabric at the fingertips are available,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Electronics, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
The Redpark Serial Cable, which is part of the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS available from the Maker Shed, lets you connect the iPhone to Arduino without jail...
Posted by Brian Jepson
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Arduino | 14 Comments
If you’re familiar with tabletop product photography and video, you know what a pain it can be to shoot those overhead shots while working on something at the same time....
Posted by Adam Flaherty
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | No Comments
Combine custom molded earplugs with in-ear headphones for isolated hi-fi.
Posted by Collin Cunningham
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Music | 6 Comments
Maker Shed is now carrying RedBearLab's Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Shield. It's an inexpensive, simple, and fun way to get Arduino talking to an iPhone, iPad, or even some Macs......
Posted by Brian Jepson | Sunday December 2nd, 2012 6:12 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
Can’t get enough of Minecraft? Wish you could bring your creations with you wherever you go and interact with them in the real world? Now you can with the Minecraft...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday November 27th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Fun & Games | No Comments
Check out this cool Janne Kyttanen-inspired 3D-printed iPhone sweater case from Shapeways' Design for iPhone 5 Contest winner ArtizanWork. It's a prime example of the sort of object that can...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday November 19th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Craft | 5 Comments
The folks over at iFixit go the extra mile to bring you the Microsoft Surface Tablet Teardown. Not your average piece of hardware, the Microsoft Surface is a slim entry...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday November 1st, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 1 Comment
Tangible interface researcher Andrea Bianchi, along with his colleague, Ian Oakley (University of Madeira / Carnegie Mellon Europe), have come with a novel approach to interacting with a mobile device....
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday October 29th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 13 Comments
If you were one of the many backers of the Elevation Dock for the iPhone, you may be acutely aware of its impending obsolescence due to Apple's recent product line...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday October 26th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Computers & Mobile | 1 Comment
Flipping the touch screen paradigm on its ear, a group from Autodesk Research, the University of Toronto, and the University of Alberta have created a new method and apparatus for...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday October 17th, 2012 2:30 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 11 Comments
Panoramic videographer and iPhone hacker Gabriel Paez is currently half-way across the country on his coast-to-coast trip from Seaside, OR to Portland, ME. As of this writing he's in Dubuque,...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday September 28th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Energy, Photography & Video | 7 Comments
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