Students at Georgia Tech developed this Arduino-based, solar-powered bus-tracking system that shows students where the buses are on campus at any given time so they can decide if it’s quicker to wait for the bus or walk to their next class. The site for the system has lots of information and media on the system’s […]
Just a reminder that the last day to buy advance (discounted) tickets for Maker Faire is May 20th. Tickets can be purchased online and at locations around the Bay Area. Tickets purchased after the advance deadline will be at regular price, same as at the gate.
Here’s a very attractive bowl made from scrap wood! My scrap wood doesn’t look anywhere near that attractive, but yours might. Via Core77.
MAKE subscriber Bryan Zimmer had a cool Bakelite antique telephone and no landline, so he decided to press it into service as a wireless doorbell for his apartment. He writes of the project: This project combines a battery-operated doorbell, antique phone, Arduino, and subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) to make a wireless doorbell. Readers are […]
This year, discounted Maker Faire tickets are available at 74 locations in 28 Bay Area cities until 5/31/2009. Save $5 per ticket, avoid lines on-site, and support you local community by getting your Maker Faire tickets at one of these partner locations, up to and during the event Cartoon Art Museum: San Francisco, CA Copperfields […]
Youtuber longjie0723 made his Roomba into Pacman with 448 yellow LEDs. Looks great! Via BBG.
I’ll never forget being in Chicago years ago, scoping someone rolling by in some awesome platform roller skates, and wondering where she had found such a rare score. Well, we all know the best way to originality and customization is DIY! Enter CRAFT Volume 07, our Shoeware issue. What issue on shoes would be complete […]
