Chris writes – This project is a robotic arm made mostly from Wood. It cost less than $50 to make and has alot of the functionality that any normal robotic arm would have. It is controlled by a PIC MicroController and cloned PS1 controller. The Wooden menace – Robotic arm – Link.
Josh writes in – I’ve been building bikes for a bit now and doing what I can to document the process in between the sheer joy of building and learning stuff. I thought I’d share with the Make crowd what I’m learning and how. I’m starting from only the most basic bike fixing knowledge and […]
We Make Money Not Art has a review our our new book Making Things Talk! – Link & more @ the Maker Store. Programming microcontrollers used to require an expensive development environment costing thousands of dollars and requiring professional electrical engineering expertise. But recent innovations, such as open-source physical computing platforms with simple i/o boards […]
tnkgrl spent some time exploring the motherboard of her Eee PC. Looking for available USB ports, she was able to hijack the USB trace that goes to the mini PCIe slot used by the Atheros wireless card. Since the Atheros doesn’t use the USB signal, the card will still function without it. This gives you […]
In Dallas this weekend is the Urban Street Bazaar at the Dallas Market Hall (2200 N. Stemmons Fwy – Entrance is on Market Hall Drive). There will be over 50 local vendors along with a fashion show, fabulous cocktails, 2 DJs and bands. The first 50 people will get a swag bag. For more info, […]
Cleveland’s Bazaar Bizarre will take place this Saturday from noon to 9:00 p.m. in the storefront of the Sincere Building (2079 East 4th Street – corner of East 4th and Prospect Avenue) as part of Pop Up City (PDF), a new initiative partially funded by the Civic Innovation Lab. Check out the full list of […]
Jake von Slatt has posted an update to his Gas Mask Respirator page at the Steampunk Workshop. He writes: Sometimes when I’m working in the shop I just need to wear a respirator for a short period. For instance if I just need to walk into the paint area to shoot a second coat on […]
