[youtube:http://youtu.be/vTJXID9rw-U] Brothers Phil and Richard Jergenson invented Grid Beam, a full-size modular construction set. It’s kind of like an erector set for grown-ups (and not-so-grow-ups). It’s made from interchangeable parts of wood and metal, bored out to fit hex bolts. Everything is can be assembled and disassembled with minimal tools. At Maker Faire, the brothers […]
AGponics is an Arduino-controlled modular aquaponics system.
Dr. Angelica Lim gives expert advice on making your robot more expressive and humanlike using eyes, voice, motion, and some randomness to its behavior. Dr. Lim is a computer scientist and researcher specializing in A.I., robotics and emotion.
If you’ve been thinking of getting into the hanging garden game, then take a look at these handy instructions for setting up a simple hanging succulent garden over at Design Sponge.
The deck is stacked against those buying low-income manufactured homes. Though these homes are cheaper in price they’re harder to finance, depreciate in value immediately, and are difficult to insure. Traditional homes offers long-term net benefit to owners; manufactured homes keep owners locked into a downward spiral. This didn’t seem right to Dennis Michaud and he set […]
The Brownstone Birdhouse is an old idea from my notebook, with a brick pattern.
You’d expect this company to have been inspired by Iron Man. This team of mechanical engineers is on a mission to bring human scale robotics to the masses. “Human scale” because that’s what will physically help people. The goal of Rise Robotics is to innovate new product to bring costs down, capabilities up and to start […]
