Beautiful generative art made with Roombas
Ever wonder what path your Roomba takes as it clears the floor? Well, here’s an easy way to find out, and create some fine artwork in the process.
Year: 2009
Meet Seiko-chan, the balancing robot
Ever wish you had a friend to unicycle with you? Well, I don’t actually know how to unicycle, but I still want one of these robots to follow me around.
Practical tutorial on capacitors by EEVblog
If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many types of capacitors, and what the advantages of each type are, you should definitely catch the latest installment of David L. Jones’ EEVblog.
Unpowered mechanical gate opener, part 2
Now here’s a perfect example of why I love the MAKE community. In response to my earlier post about the possibility of modern mechanical gate openers, reader MichaelLubke went out and took these photos (1,2,3) of a real live working mechanical gate near his ranch. What’s more, he ran down the original patent on the gate’s design! This patent, US number 3,163,947, was issued to Mr. Alvin E. Gandy of Eden, TX, in the year of Our Lord nineteen-hundred and sixty-five. His invention, known as the “Gandy Slide-A-Way,” is activated by the weight of one of your vehicle’s tires on a short steel ramp built into the driveway right in front of the gate. I wonder how many of these were ever made?
Yarn Yardage Leftovers: Crewel Embroidery
Crewel is a great way to use those last bits, and to me it’s a family tradition. Going back to my great grandma we have all preferred Crewel embroidery. I’m not sure what it is, maybe the thrifty nature of using up leftovers, the soft texture, or just that it was the late 70’s early 80’s and that’s what all the rage when my grandma and mom were into it. And of course little girls want to be like their moms.
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Did you know that Make: Online has an electronic newsletter? Well, we used to. We haven’t put an issue out in awhile, but we’re going to start republishing it in October. The newsletter is a great way to get more of an inside look at what’s going on at Maker Media, and to get content […]
“Tratsh” can
Although the promised link to a step-by-step tutorial seems broken, this video by YouTuber msibbern, which shows off his pneumatic rattling rat-in-a-trash-can prop, contains lots of good nuts-and-bolts footage and is inspirational as well as amusing.