The Vuzix Wrap 920AR is the sort of high-end consumer gadget that would end up serving as merely a head-mounted display and its AR component would fall by the wayside. But imagine its full potential in the hands of an expert hacker… Wrap 920AR eyewear [consists of] a stereo camera pair that “looks” into the […]
Our pal Lee Meredith has a great roundup of downloadable 2010 calendars. I love this calendar by Erica from Gleaux. It’s such a beautiful way to count the days and also bring some art onto your walls.
Here’s another impressive Arduino project from Japan. Blogger arms22 combined a serial camera module, Arduino, and Ethernet shield to build a photo-twittering microcontroller.
Sketchup is an easy-to-learn program for 3D modeling. While it gives you an easy way to design creatively, it is a bit more challening to design accurately. If you are going to make physical models of your designs, you will need to make them small enough to fit on the tool that will make the part. You can send the 3D models to a number of toos, including the ShopBot, CNC Mill and MakerBot, among others.
If you follow these pretty easy steps, you can get yourself and your students into the habit of designing accurately dimensioned objects. Here is a set of screenshots and a sample file that show the steps of this process.
Youtube user motoengine2009 created this impressive self-balancing water tray, to keep their drink from spilling while driving in a car.
Yesterday, our fantabulous Director of Retail Marketing, Heather Harmon Cochran, sent the following email to the internal Maker Media mailing list. I thought I’d share it with you all. (The images above are of the Dalek plushies referred to in the letter.) To: Maker Media Re: I love our customers During the Christmas season, the […]
A couple of weeks ago, when I was visiting my family in Tehran, I had the honor of being present for my aunt’s annual ceremony of preparing Sholeh Zard, a traditional Persian saffron rice pudding. Unfortunately, she doesn’t use a recipe of any kind that I can share here, but watching the process was truly […]
