Using an Arduino to keep your drink from spilling
Youtube user motoengine2009 created this impressive self-balancing water tray, to keep their drink from spilling while driving in a car.
Year: 2010
“Letters, we get letters…”
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 […]
Persian Saffron Rice Pudding
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 […]
Craft Spaces: Diane Gilleland
Today we visit the craft space of Diane Gilleland of Crafty Pod who as we all know is a crafty genius who can work on any kind of craft project. How does she keep all her various tools and supplies organized? Find out more after the jump!
Alt.CES: Google Nexus One an iPhone Killer?
Take a look inside Google’s brand new unlocked mobile phone, Nexus One, and see how it matches up to the Apple iPhone 3GS. More details at Google Phone
Nixie tube clock in voltmeter case
MAKE Flickr pool member shklaw found an old voltmeter in the trash and made it into this awesome Nixie tube clock. These Nixie tubes are NL-5440A’s. The banana sockets were replaced with switches to set the hours and minutes. When the rotary switch on the left is set to OP, the clock is off, when […]
Andy Holtin’s “Glance”
Andy Holtin, Assistant Professor of Sculpture at American University, in Washington DC, just posted an in-progress video of an installation project he’s working on called Glance. He writes: I’m using the audio line from the DVD to sync eye movement with the Arduino (used the Pro Mini this time and loved it) through an opto-coupler […]
