Haeyoung Kim made a “musical table” with two Arduino boards and a very interesting switch design (using conductive tape) on the bottoms of several interchangeable toys that play along the top. She provides source code, schematics, and the rest of the how-to over at Instructables. Here’s a little iPhone video of the project:
We’re just more than a week out from Maker Faire Bay Area, and things are really gearing up for a fantastic weekend. As a special countdown to Maker Faire, we’ll be profiling some of the awesome folks who will be at Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire. Even if you aren’t able to be at Maker […]
Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: This electromechanical game, created by Greg Borenstein and Scott Wayne Indiana, is based on the (in)famous Running of the Bulls event held annually in the Festival of San FermÃn in Pamplona, Spain (and other places). The linear motion of the bulls is powered by a stepper motor pulling a […]
I have a known weakness for ironic meat accessories, including the steak earrings I’m wearing as I type. Well, Makers Market seller Kitten Camero makes this vegan wallet depicting a lush meat scene on the back. Not into meat? Her other wallets are also quite quirky and fun, like this periodic table billfold.
This video from TakePart isn’t just cute with a catchy tune, it has loads of important information on how using less plastic can help save our oceans. Watch it and be inspired to do your part, and then check out our Save My Oceans contest where your plastic project could win an iPad. Be sure […]
This video from TakePart isn’t just cute with a catchy tune, it has loads of important information on how using less plastic can help save our oceans. Watch it and be inspired to do your part, and then check out our Save My Oceans contest where your plastic project could win an iPad. Be sure […]
Hannah, aka Plusea, is something of a legend in the soft-circuits community. We have covered her open-source work in soft circuits and sensors many, many times before. She has no fewer than 37 tutorials published on Instructables, 28 of them “featured,” almost all of which cover low-cost soft-circuit devices of her own design. Now she […]
