Make: Live airs tonight! Ep12 is all about robots, to celebrate the upcoming release of MAKE Volume 27. Robot hobbyist Andrew Terranova will show off some of his own homemade ‘bots and will be answering your robotics questions. Tim Laursen will also join us with one of his incredible Robot Drummers, which will be performing […]
Make: Live airs tonight! Ep12 is all about robots! to celebrate the upcoming release of MAKE Volume 27.
Old technology can be simply amazing. Centuries before Arduinos, servos, and electric motors, Japanese artisans came up with the mechanisms for the Karakuri Somersault Doll. The technology for this doll was reconstructed from original figurines by the kit builders at Gakken, so you can recreate one yourself! The kit includes everything you need to build the doll including the screwdriver.
This ombre shirt tutorial from Cotton & Curls is a great way to update last season’s shirts without ever needing to step foot in a store. I’ve seen dip-dyed pieces everywhere lately, but it looks like it would be way more fun to save the money and make my own!
This prototype, which consists of an Arduino Pro Mini and associated sensors and motors, is the work of Gabriel Paciornik, a student at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel. Plick is an interactive building toy. It is made of different robotic parts that are connected through elastic wiring. The behavior of the toy […]
Remember the Arduino-compatible Verbalizer development board for Google Voice Search that we covered recently? Michael Lipton from Breakfast NY has given us four Verbalizer boards to give away to lucky readers.
Photos: Zim and Zou A French graphic design studio, called Zim and Zou, created these unbelievably detailed papercraft sculptures of antiquated gadgets as part of a series called, “Back to Basics.” [via Boing Boing]
