Embedded bluetooth for $2
Micah Dowty has been doing some really impressive work with the propeller microcontroller.
Year: 2010
Armatronic soccer-playing, beer-delivering, gun-toting robotic fridge
As everyone knows, the holy grail of robotic technology is a bot that can deliver beer to your La-Z-Boy. Our splendiferous Maker Media designer, Katie Wilson, sent us this email about the guy who runs the doggie daycare she uses. Shawn is a MAKE subscriber and spends most of his free time building stuff in […]
Win a FREE ticket to Maker Faire Bay Area in our daily giveaway!
The 5th annual Maker Faire Bay Area is fast approaching! If you don’t already have your Maker Faire tickets or you want another one for your best friend, brother, uncle, kid, mother, or long-lost cousin you recently saw at Burning Man, then here’s your chance to win a FREE ticket to Maker Faire Bay Area! […]
Win a FREE ticket to Maker Faire Bay Area in our daily giveaway!
The 5th annual Maker Faire Bay Area is fast approaching! If you don’t already have your Maker Faire tickets or you want another one for your best friend, brother, uncle, kid, mother, or long-lost cousin you recently saw at Burning Man, then here’s your chance to win a FREE ticket to Maker Faire Bay Area! […]
Steampunk Nixie Tester
Flickr user Blue_Metal built this neat looking steampunk nixie tester, using a Microchip PIC controller and 74141 IC tester.
Skip the Flowers with a Fern Wedding Bouquet
I am obsessed with all flowers. I love peonies, roses, tiger lillies, wildflowers, and orchids equally, and when faced with the decision to choose just a few for my wedding, I balked. My taste in flowers changes from moment to moment, and I truly couldn’t play favorites. So, to avoid conflict, I skipped them all. […]
Compressed-air pinewood derby car
MAKE subscriber sliptonic wrote in with his enhanced pinewood derby car: I built this car for the open class of my son’s Cubscout pinewood derby race. It uses a 9V solenoid to release pressure from a PET bottle. I won, despite a minor design flaw. The flaw being that the bottle didn’t fit under the […]