Ornithopter Drone Actually Looks Like a Bird 03/25/2011 By the crazy German mad scientists at Festo. SmartBird is an ultralight but powerful flight model with excellent aerodynamic qualities...
Creepy shoulder-mounted telepresence robot 03/25/2011 TEROOS lets a distant friend accompany you and see/hear through the robot’s camera and mic. A mini directional speaker allows...
Ultimaker Pick & Place 03/24/2011 Erik de Bruijn is working on adapting his Ultimaker 3D printer to act as a pick & place machine. Assembling...
MIDI-Controlled Light Organ 03/24/2011 MAKE subscriber Colin Mann of Los Angeles, CA, created a light organ that uses antique bulbs. 12 light bulbs correspond...
Hacking a Geiger Counter 03/23/2011 Akiba from Tokyo Hackerspace has been understandably interested in geiger counters of late. The day after the nuclear problems started...
Interactive Laser Harp Sculpture 03/23/2011 Moritz Waldemeyer wrote in to share his interactive laser harp sculpture. You will be happy to hear that this is...
Hackerspace Happenings: Challenge News, Feynman & Knitting! 03/22/2011 Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at...
DIY Isomorphic Keyboard 03/22/2011 This is a velocity sensitive MIDI isomorphic keyboard. 192 total keys. The project came out of Louisville Soundbuilders, a fortnightly...
Hand-Cranked Goat Automaton Kicks the Bucket 03/22/2011 Jim Hooker of Minneapolis, MN, carved this kicking goat. It was his first attempt at creating a wooden automaton. [Thanks,...
Junkbot Dispenses Candy 03/21/2011 Nascent Appleton, WI, hackerspace DHMN created this candy dispenser out of junk. It uses everything from CD jewel cases to...
