A Fine Example of Dead Bug Style Circuit Wiring 10/08/2012 “Dead bug style” circuit wiring is the cute name for soldering together components without a printed circuit board. The “dead...
Seth Godin, “Art and Science and Making Things” at World Maker Faire 2012 10/04/2012 Seth Godin is one of the most interesting people I know. He’s a popular business consultant, speaker, and the author...
Maker Faire New York: Heart Felt Apparel 09/30/2012 This blinking T-shirt senses your heart beat and displays it on a heart-shaped LED array. The creators, Heart-felt Robot, said...
Maker Faire New York: Zombie Detector Photo Booth 09/30/2012 I stopped by Robert Hermes’ Zombie Detector Photo Booth and learned a bit of bad news. It must have happened...
Maker Faire New York: Interactive Creature 09/30/2012 Rebecca Strauss spent many months working on her interactive kinetic sculpture, Touched. Its articulated tentacles are woven with conductive thread,...
Maker Faire New York: Successful Build for a Young Maker 09/29/2012 It was great to see Audrey Armstrong, age 9, successfully complete her first solderless breadboard project at our breadboarding workshop....
Pinhole Polaroid Photography 09/29/2012 Here’s 15-year-old Chip Mahoney with his nifty pinhole Polaroid camera. It takes about 20 seconds to make an exposure. He...
Adafruit’s Electronic Coloring Book 09/29/2012 I ran into Phil Torrone and Ladyada here at Maker Faire New York and they gave me an advance copy...
Maker Faire New York: Pulse Sensor: Incorporating Biofeedback into your Arduino Projects 09/26/2012 The Pulse Sensor is plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game...
Maker Faire New York: Molecule Synth Musical Instrument 09/24/2012 The Molecule Synth offers the elemental components of a traditional keyboard synthesizer — a speaker & amp, a sound generator,...
