How-To: Quadrocopter based on Arduino 01/13/2010 The Quaduino NG & AeroQuad RC projects both make use of Arduino boards to operate & stabilize 4-rotor helicopter (aka...
Machining nested cubes 01/13/2010 Bevan writes – An old machinist and carpenter trick is to make an object which is free to move but...
Arduino vs. Maple – early impressions 01/12/2010 For those that haven’t heard, LeafLabs’ Maple board is an Arduino-compatible microcontroller platform based on an STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 chip....
MIDI exercise bike sets the pace 01/12/2010 Toby writes – I’ve just finished writing up my first-attempt at converting the reed-switch signal from our exercise bike into...
The smooth sounds of Orchestrion 01/11/2010 CDM reports on the above-seen Orchestrion, a robotic orchestra built by the talented robo-instrumentalists of LEMUR for use in an...
The weather clock 01/11/2010 From the MAKE Flickr pool Sean built a digital weather display with a very analog feel - I took an...
The cakey spiral machine 01/07/2010 From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr members Lenny & Meriel posted this vid of their motorized cake decorating device –...
Alt.CES: RC heli with streaming video & iPhone control 01/07/2010 The recently announced AR.Drone from Parrot may be the coolest toy I’ve ever seen. The AR.Drone quadricopter is controlled by...
Laser-cut skeleton 01/07/2010 Thingiverse user powerpants shares plans for making the above seen corrugated skeleton on a laser cutter. Definite cute addition to...
Alt.CES: EPOC neuroheadset as a loop controller 01/07/2010 Emotiv’s EPOC neurosensor headset offers the ability to convert brainwave signals to keystrokes on a PC. Tron of Illuminated Sounds...