Damn dirty apes
We blogged earlier about MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink’s tunic for his Planet of the Apes costume. Here are further pieces to it. More Ape Suit Progress More: DIY Planet of the Apes tunic
Year: 2008
Arduino control with Flash AS3
You can communicate from Flash to an Arduino device by using a proxy. The proxy runs on a machine which is connected directly to the Arduino with a serial connection. Your AS3 code talks to the proxy over a TCP socket, and the proxy talks to the Arduino over the serial connection. This whole setup […]
Dizzy – an aware kind of robot
Dizzy – an aware kind of robot… It’s difficult to approach Dizzy without him becoming aware of it. And he’ll let you know he saw you by `talking’ to you, in a way that seems to convey emotion. If you move about, he will join the action by exploring his `terrarium’. When he gets hungry, […]
HOW TO – Vampire Cookies
Baking Bites has totally made my day with this recipe for Vampire Cookies, complete with blood red jam filling and two teeny toothmarks on top.
Say hi to our new MAKE intern, Peter
We have a new MAKE intern, say hi folks – Peter spends his time thinking about life cycle assessment and designing green gadgets that utilize participatory sensor data. He’s passionate about DIY solutions that leverage open source platforms and believes that hackers / tinkerers will one day inherit the planet. Peter is currently a master’s […]
Open Heart brooch
Today I combined Jimmie Rogers’ Open Heart kit with a LilyPad Arduino board to make a light-up, animating LED heart brooch. I used conductive thread to attach the two together like a sandwich, and put a safety pin on the power supply. I dangled the brooch from the power supply with embroidery floss and the […]
Crib Modification for Accessibility
Instructables user kelseymh modded an IKEA crib for accesibility for his wife, who’s a little person. He writes: Parents with disabilities face numerous challenges when caring for a newborn. Besides the usual lack of sleep and anxiety about such a small and dependent life, much of the equipment for infants and children present substantial barriers […]