See What Happens When a 9 Year Old Hacks a Chicken Coop 04/17/2015 If you’ve ever had chickens, you know that the morning trip out to acquire fresh eggs can sometimes be less...
Arduino-Controlled Coffee Oven Wins GE Hackathon 04/16/2015 This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a home appliance hackathon at GE’s FirstBuild facility in Louisville, Kentucky....
Project Daffodil Uses Electronics to Create Interactive Pop-Up Books 04/08/2015 Project Daffodil is a fun project that mixes pop-up books and electronics, with the goal of getting girls into STEM....
Giant Metal Insects Spouting Fire? Heck Yeah 04/08/2015 The praying mantis is truly a wonder of nature. The iconic stance and shape are known worldwide, usually causing people...
GE’s FirstBuild Offers $60,000 in Prizes at Upcoming Appliance Hackathon 04/08/2015 Have you ever been standing in your kitchen, operating some appliance, and thought of a better way to do...
Mobile Art: The Aquatrope Is an Exquisite Rideable Sculpture 04/07/2015 Water is integral to the lives of human beings. There’s no arguing that fact. We’re composed mainly of water, and...
Flip Through History: 9 of Our Favorite BYTE Magazine Covers 04/04/2015 Today, like most days, our office was filled with the clickety clack of furious typing as we were all hard...
SketchUp Gamifies Design Learning with “Adventure Mode” 04/01/2015 Learning design is hard. Even with the simplest of tools, like SketchUp, it can be difficult to get your brain...
Bring the Thunder: Build a Simple Sound Effects Tube 03/31/2015 You never know when you’re going to need to make an impressive rumbling noise. Maybe you’re putting on a play...
Drones on the Dark Side: Imperial Star Destroyer Takes Flight 03/26/2015 Star Wars mania is gripping the drone world and the Make: offices. And it is certainly gripping Oliver C. The last...
