Month: May 2011

The Latest In Hobby Robotics 07

The Latest In Hobby Robotics 07

Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey.
The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine, and a look at a Matrix-inspired version of “The leave me alone box”.

Homepage of “The leave me alone box:
http://www.leavemealonebox.com/

Kairoshi’s blog:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/d061333/27803627.html

The original Yellow Drum Machine home page:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112

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World Map Wall Mural

I am ALL about transforming your space by creating graphic wall murals. Renters always worry, but as long as you can yank it down and paint it white, you’re good to go. This Cork Board World Map created by K. Faith Morgan for Man Made really caught my eye! This would be a rad way […]

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Maker Teen Inspired by Faire to Build Robot Minions

Maker Teen Inspired by Faire to Build Robot Minions

Right before this past weekend’s Maker Faire, I got an email message from Ben, a 13 year old from South East Pennsylvania. He told me an amazing story about him going to last year’s Maker Faire New York, learning how to solder, and then planning and building a telepresence robot for a science fair project afterwards. I told him I wanted to publish his story and asked to have a parent email me permission. The letter I got from his mom was amazingly moving. Not only had Ben learned soldering at the Faire and parleyed that into an amazing robot science project, he’d had a very serious illness leading up to the NY Faire and had set his sights on the Faire as a get-well goal for himself.

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Replacing a Pricey Dishwasher Controller with an Arduino

Replacing a Pricey Dishwasher Controller with an Arduino

UnaClocker writes: This is the problematic dishwasher I have. The control panel on the front of it died, it failed from corrosion getting into the laminated plastic PCB that itโ€™s made up of. Not really repairable, just meant to be replaced, except that itโ€™s a $150 part. From what I could find online, it seems to be a common failure, so why buy an overpriced part thatโ€™s just going to fail all over again?

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