Seita Koike from Tokyo City University describes Mugbot as a primitive reference design for a social robot, but there’s something very charming about this robot platform made from dollar store items and open source electronics. Mugbot is controlled by cell phone through a web socket server and is driven by an off-the-shelf combination of Arduino/XBee/Motor […]
Never let it be said DEFCON attendees don’t know how to dress up. After one session today, I spotted attendee Paul sporting a snazzy electric blue bow tie. Although he claimed he didn’t actually make anythingโhe used an off the shelf LED matrix moduleโhe did need to whip out a soldering iron to repair the […]
One of the drawbacks to the Raspberry Pi is that thereโs no built-in analog-to-digital converter, meaning that it canโt read analog sensors โout of the box.โ Luckily, our friends at Adafruit recently posted a tutorial on how to hook up an external ADC chip (the MCP3008 to be precise) to the $35 embedded Linux platform.
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee stars in Olympics opening ceremony @ ZDNet: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, was greeted by cheers on Friday as the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games celebrated his work. The event showed how digital communications have become part of everyday life via the story of Frankie and […]
Week 2, Field Trip Friday at Maker Camp. Witness filmmaking’s flying future with the National Geographic Octocopter: a camera, four propellers, and some of the most incredible nature footage ever recorded. Open ROV also joins in.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
Rhode Island’s Hacker mini conference is coming up soon, and their call for papers is still open. On September 15th, 2012, Providence will find itself chock-full-o’ Hackers, Makers, Breakers, and the like. The Brain Tank Conference will be a full day of Maker and InfoSec presentations, with plenty of fun things to see and do. […]
Preparations for Maker Faire Detroit were interrupted when a big storm hit, bringing flash flooding to the parking lot of The Henry Ford. “Fantastic,” said Katie Kunde, who enjoyed the cloudburst from inside the Maker Shed tent. Almost instantly, The LifeSize MouseTrap sat in the middle of a pond. The Power Wheel Racers were nearly […]
