MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This week, take the first step towards making your own self-replicating rapid-prototyping robot! You can order up your boards, from the Reprap foundation or make your own since the whole project is open source. Get your parts and solder these up and test them! […]
Getting the electronics set up is the first step to getting a working reprap robot together. Besides 3 stepper boards, 1 dc motor controller board, a PWM board, you’ll want two arduinos and an arduino tx/rx thingy! Download the pdf for more information and then download the test code so that you can hook up […]
Sometimes it takes a little inspiration and wool felt to improve a thrift store find. [via] Link.
Rachel Denny is a sculptor whose work includes the Domestic Trophies series of knitted dear trophies. [via] Link.
Apartment Therapy pointed out these directions on Metacafe for boosting your wifi signal with a soda can. They didn’t test the instructions so if you try this out, leave a comment with your results. [via] Link.
Roboexotica opened last night with the best party ever. 40 gallons of alchohol were spilled, the fire department was called in and a good time was had by all. Roboexotica showcases innovative coctail robots from around the world. It’s also a great excuse to get some daring and innovative minds in the same room to […]
Makers you’re in for a real treat, here are the photos from our visit to Gakken. I shot some video and I’ll put those up once there’s a fast connection or later next week. I can’t promise anything yet, but we will be trying very hard to arrange for the MAKE store to carry some […]
