Design it, build it, test it, fly it In your classroom, students may be working with concepts like aerodynamics and the Design Process. Many kids use the CO2 dragster as a way of exploring these ideas. In MAKE: Volume 15 and MAKE: Volume 16, we have a couple of projects that can really help students […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Electronic Valentine’s Day card [above, top-left] LED felt brooches[above, bottom-right] PicAxe beat looper [above, top-right] How To – Simple method for blinking LEDs Making the game … better iOSC multimedia controller for iPhone/iPod Touch DIY USB Arduino plug LED fish = art circuitry [above, bottom-left]
How can you encourage the kids in your life to get creative with engineering and making? One of the ways is to check out the resources of Engineers Week. Lots of schools in North America have this week off, so kids can dedicate some full days to exploring engineering, and teachers can hunt down some […]
On the 15th of February 1564 in Pisa Italy, Galileo Galilei was born. A skilled mathematician, philosopher, and physicist, Galileo is widely known for his contributions to astronomy. By grinding his own lenses and experimenting with new designs, Galileo greatly improved and popularized the telescope – making possible his own detailed study of the planets. […]
Johnny Baillargeaux sent in a fun mashup that allows the Nabaztag programmable wireless rabbit to communicate with a Pandorabots AI bot service. With his software, you can write an AI script using AIML, publish it on Pandorabots, and then the output of the bot will be sent through the rabbit. Neat stuff. Nabaztag/Ubiquity/Pandorabots integration Pandorabots […]
Xander Hudson, aka Synoptic Labs, posted this cool heart card project to the MAKE Flickr pool. He writes: This year I gave my sweetheart a LED valentines day card. The LEDs were animated with a pulse harmonic tuned to my own heartbeat. (sappy, yeah I know, but she makes me feel sappy). Incorporates 1 AVR […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Ultimate Peanut Sauce Recipe CRAFT Valentine’s Day Project Contest Winners The Creation Process of Tetris-Inspired Fabric Cassette Tape Crafts Ask CRAFT – New Weekly Column! And here’s a video preview of CRAFT, Volume 10, on newsstands now!
