This looks intriguing, the Paragon, an Arduino motor controller designed to be robust enough even to control an electric car, evidently designed to run a Power Racing Series car. The maker, Alex McLees, is a founding member of Madison, WI hackerspace Sector 67. [via PPPRS]
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!
Instructables user Falkenberg posted process photos of converting a wall into a projection screen with a beautiful exposed brick frame. With the help of a friend who’s a professional painter, they stripped through the layers of paint, wallpaper, and plaster down to the brick wall and cleaned the bricks with a wire brush. After sealing […]
We all know Siri as the lovable (?) Iphone assistant you can talk to if you need mundane info like the nearest Mexican restaurant or the tallest actor to ever appear in movies. But now, Raspberry Pi Forum user DarkTherapy has figured out how to order Siri to open his garage door.
I’m working on a project for Make Volume 35 which — spoiler alert — helps you make molds of your choice and use that to cook Patti-Goop in a self-made oven. The other night, we made some Mario-themed Patti-Goop accessories for Makey the Robot, and when we put them on, Makey transformed into Makio!
Grownup or kid, who can resist the awesomeness that is the plastic plastic dinosaur? Turn your prehistoric toys into useful pieces of home decor with dinosaur photo stands!
