Junkbot POV
Ryan Carmain built this POV out of junk parts for his Embedded Programming class, using the props from a Draganfly RC chopper and controlling it with a PIC18F4550.
Month: September 2011
DJ Mobile in MAKE Volume 27
Dutch artist Olaf Mooij converted a 1983 Ford Sierra into a rad-looking set of wheels that’s also a fully functional DJ setup.
Mechanical Devices Sculpted from Salvaged Paper
Jennifer Collier created these incredibly elaborate sculptures of mechanical devices from salvaged paper materials like newspapers and maps. Her work will be displayed at the Origin Craft Fair from September 22 to 28. [via colossal] More: Jennifer Collier Paper Clothing Art Flashy Papercraft Gadgets
EMSL Introduces Large-Capacity “Ostrich Eggbot”
And just when I was getting over my yen for the normal-sized (“chicken?”) eggbot. Like the original, the new Ostrich Eggbot is a spherical-surface plotter, but its capacity has been increased from the original’s 1.25-4.25″ diameter range to 2.25-6.25″. The kits are on-sale now for $250. The original eggbot is still available at $200.
How-To: Quilted Modular Star
This quilted modular star from Kid Giddy would make a great baby gift for a friend. Get the pattern and how-to over on her blog. Thanks, Heather!
Chumby NeTV Networked In-line HDTV Interface
Even if you own one of the newer smart TVs, you’ll want the new NeTV from Chumby. Out of the box it can use an Android handset as a controller (iOS soon). Enter a website in an app on the phone and have it show up on your TV in a WebKit browser.
MAKE Volume 23: Gadgets
https://makezine.com/23/
In this special GADGETS issue, we show you how to make a menagerie of delightful machines: a miniature electronic Whac-a-Mole arcade game, a tiny but mighty see-through audio amplifier, a magic mirror that contains an interactive animated soothsayer, a self-balancing one-wheeled Gyrocar, and the Most Useless Machine — the creepy mechanical box whose only purpose is to turn itself off (as seen on The Colbert Report!). Plus: how Intellectual Ventures made their incredible laser targeting mosquito zapper, how to use the industrial-strength microcontrollers called PLCs, and a lot more.