Homebrew interactive stair lighting
Edo Kriegsmann designed and built this futuristic looking interactive lighting syster for his staircase.
Year: 2010
Make: Robot Build project blogs
We’re thrilled with the response that we’ve been getting for the Make: Robot Build. The weekly project newsletter has far more subscribers than we expected, and is growing into a little thumbnail course on robot design and construction, the Robot Build area of the MAKE Forums has some nice conversation going on, and we’re starting […]
Winners of Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts
Congratulations to Jen of San Diego, CA, Ali of MA, and Charissa of Pittsburgh, PA for each winning a copy of the new book, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts in our recent giveaway. Thanks to everyone who entered!
SATIN, a virtual reality spline
Researches at the Politecnico di Milano and a group of other organizations have developed the Sound and Tangible Interfaces for Novel product Design (SATIN) haptic interface. It combines a robotic spline object with a virtual reality display, to allow a designer to physically manipulate and interact with curve lines in a virtual design.
Laser-Cut Hoop Skirt
This cotton skirt by Lauren Elise Albaugh was made on a laser cutter (and a big one, must have been!) and has a wire hoop and ribbon waistband. I love the patterning effect, and imagine it flows quite magically! Photo by Dominic Dagradi.
Grant Imahara on the Late Late Show
Yesterday, we told you about MythBuster and MAKE pal Grant Imahara and the skeleton “robot” he was building for Craig Ferguson. Here he is with the robo-puppet, inexplicably named Geoff Peterson, on the Late Late Show. More: Grant Imahara builds a skeleton bot
Using a PIC with USB, accelerometer, and gyro for tilt-based gaming
Starlino writes: For the hardware I used the Acc_Gyro sensor and a thumb-size PIC platform UsbThumb built around the inexpensive PIC18F14K50 chip that provides all the necessary USB connectivity and ADC inputs. This setup is actually hardware compatible with my original Motion Gamepad design so all the software utilities and firmware will work on the […]