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“Blind Juggler” bounces ball without sensory input

09/17/2009

Thanks to careful engineering, this blind juggler robot is able to keep a ball bouncing on its surface without any...

09/17/2009

Fiorenzo 'Fio' Omenetto, a physicist turned bioengineer at Tufts University, is fascinated with silk.

09/17/2009

Tim Schwartz made clever use of an old indicator dial with his piece Paris, 2007.

09/17/2009

A few weeks ago, we looked at why dimmer switches cause incandescent light bulbs to buzz. We subsequently received a...

09/16/2009

This JeeNode wireless communication platform looks like a fun and cost effective way to get into experimenting with RF communication.

09/16/2009

This Mail-E robot by Totoro Yamada is pretty neat.

09/07/2009

Researchers Minsoung Rhee and Mark Burns at the University of Michigan have created an 8 bit processor using logic gates...

08/19/2009

MAKE reader Travis pointed out this neat technology that is being used to make robots that can climb on almost...

08/15/2009

A bicycle-mounted ice cream maker: This would be a fun way to make a snack for your next picnic or...

08/13/2009

Sitting here in our un-airconditioned hackerspace after a long bike ride has got me thinking about how to cool off,...