RoboGames is this weekend June 16-18, 2006 in San Fran!! MAKE will have a table at the event, and will be filming! – “Walking androids, soccer robots, art bots, and the best flame-throwing, high-energy, steel-crunching robots in the world come to SF for the annual robot olympics! This year robots from 20 countries return to […]
Here’s the first ever sensor workshop using Make Controller Kit – the intensive 4-day workshop offers a hands-on introduction to sensors, sensor interfaces and integration of software and hardware… “Michael Shiloh, Margaret Schedel and Michael Zbyszynski will teach a workshop on how to use the Make Controller Kit to interface to a variety of sensors […]
The Renegade Craft Fair is gearing up in Brooklyn, NY this weekend!! If you are around the area don’t miss all the talented crafters and their cool goods. About 200 of them will be traveling from all over the country, so don’t miss this chance to meet and greet with your favorite peeps. Link.
We visited iRobot last week and took a ton of photos of the evolution of their bots, from the Roomba robot vacuum (with its open interface) to the PackBot – Photo set and MP4 video.
MAKE friend John made a pouch for a nintendo DS and accessories out of an old pair of jeans and some fabric glue. Great quick no sew and recycling project! Link.
Nate and Jesse give some advice on how to make a Rube Goldberg contraption and Jesse walks us through the entire machine at Earth Sanctuary. Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically with iTunes. This video will play on PC/Mac/Linux/PSPs and iPod video devices – Link.
I think these shoes look cooler than the Nike / Apple iPod ones… these are parasitic power & expressive footwear with a ton of sensors, from the MIT Media Lab – Link.
