Month: July 2014

Maker Hangar 2: 05 – Flying a Tricopter

Maker Hangar 2: 05 – Flying a Tricopter

In this episode of Maker Hangar, Iย give youย some tips on how to be successful when flying your tricopter. Youย also see some video from myย tricopter when Iย brought it on vacation with me and flew it around. In the next episode you’llย get an intro on the Maker Trainer 2, stay tuned! In this episode I also talk […]

Hacking the Macetech RGB Shades

Some of the more in-your-face pieces of wearable technology are macetechโ€™s RGB Shades and LED Matrix Shades. Theyโ€™re shutter shade sunglasses with a twist: the front surface is crammed with individually controllable LEDs. Itโ€™s an attention-grabbing effect, and the person wearing the Shades can see through the LED array just fine. The newest RGB Shades […]

Leah Buechley:  Crafting the Lilypad Arduino

Leah Buechley: Crafting the Lilypad Arduino

Iโ€™ll never forget the first time I heard about Lilypad Arduino. I was astounded and said, โ€œYou can make LEDs light up and you stitch it with conductive thread? How does that work?โ€ It wasnโ€™t until years later, after experimenting with the board that I finally got to meet Leah Buechley, the inventor. She was […]

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A Great Looking Commodore 64 Emulator

The Commodore 64 may be long out of production, but it still lives in the hearts of many enthusiasts. Some people might write new games for this computer, but YouTuber “Staring Lizzard” decided to instead design and build a stand-alone emulator. Physically speaking, this is really a work of art. The board is designed as […]