Year: 2011

Meet The Makers: Jason, Jimmy and Kiran

Jimmy Chion, Jason Chua, and Kiran Malladi are the creators of Lightchimes, a beautiful lamp made from 169 hanging LED pendants. The circuit is simple, but the results are complex. This project is about interaction- without interference from a participant, the lights would never shine. Similarly, without collaborative interaction, this project would never have become […]

Reminder:  Arduino Giveaway, Deal of the Day

Reminder: Arduino Giveaway, Deal of the Day

It’s an Arduino-flavored Monday here at makezine.com. Our Arduino Projects Pack giveaway is ongoing, and today’s Deal of The Day bundles a 1-year subscription to MAKE with instantly-downloadable PDF versions of two of our most popular Arduino titles: Getting Started with Arduino and the newly-released Arduino Cookbook. Check ’em out, with tons of other cool ‘duino content, over on our Arduino Super Page.

Math Monday: Candy Images

Math Monday: Candy Images

By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Tim Chartier at Davidson College has discovered that if you make things out of candy there’s no lack of volunteers to help you clean up. He takes images and transforms them mathematically into arrays of candy pieces. Here you can see President Obama, as rounded to the […]