Jeff Highsmith

How to Build a Mission Control Desk

07/31/2015

A kid's homework table lifts up to reveal a NASA-inspired mission control center. Follow along for help in building your...

Making Fun: Kid’s Room Spacecraft

06/26/2014

I built a spaceship for my four-year-old's room. It has a control panel full of interesting displays and whiz-bang space...

Making Fun: Mission Control Desk

02/19/2014

I built my son a Mission Control console that closes up and works as a regular homework desk. It plays...

CheerBot: Color-Hunting Room-Roamer Changes Tree Colors

12/10/2013

The CheerBot is a robot that roams the house and looks for certain colors using its camera. When it finds...

Making Fun: Color-Hunting, Christmas Tree-Controlling CheerBot

12/06/2013

Build a robot that controls your Christmas lights and similar lights around the world

PiLarm: Portable Raspberry Pi Room Alarm

11/15/2013

The PiLarm is a an all-in-one alarm system that uses a Raspberry Pi, motion sensor, and camera. Pictures of intruders...

Making Fun: Brainwave Controlled Zen Garden

11/04/2013

My Brainwave-Controlled Zen Garden is similar to a standard desktop zen garden in that you rake sand to calm yourself....

Making Fun: Computer Vision Hair Trimmer

10/04/2013

Part of what makes me a maker is that I prefer to do things myself when I can, including cutting...

Making Fun: Pneumatic Transport for Tooth Fairy

09/06/2013

I installed a pneumatic transport system in my house to allow my boys to send their lost teeth to the...

Making Fun | PiLarm: How to Build a Raspberry Pi Room Alarm

08/02/2013

How to build a versatile, all-in-one, Internet-connected alarm system using a Raspberry Pi.

Jeff Highsmith

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How to Build a Mission Control Desk

Making Fun: Kid’s Room Spacecraft

Making Fun: Mission Control Desk

CheerBot: Color-Hunting Room-Roamer Changes Tree Colors

Making Fun: Color-Hunting, Christmas Tree-Controlling CheerBot

PiLarm: Portable Raspberry Pi Room Alarm

Making Fun: Brainwave Controlled Zen Garden

Making Fun: Computer Vision Hair Trimmer

Making Fun: Pneumatic Transport for Tooth Fairy

Making Fun | PiLarm: How to Build a Raspberry Pi Room Alarm

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Jeff Highsmith

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Escape to an island of imagination + innovation as Maker Faire Bay Area returns for its 16th iteration!

Prices Increase in....