Lego Mindstorms NXT model builder 10/18/2010 Will Gorman’s clever “printer” assembles simple models by pulling bricks from a gravity-fed magazine that holds 35 each of five...
Cardboard sequencer/synthesizer 10/17/2010 This home-brewed instrument uses an Atmega644 and can be programmed through a qwerty keyboard. I love the sweet electroni-singing! [Thanks,...
BNC/LED lamp 10/17/2010 Russell Jones from New Jersey wrote in with his cool-looking LED lamp: I had a bunch of BNC right angle,...
Power your NXT robot with solar panels 10/16/2010 $90 buys a 9V/250mA panel from Dexter Industries, supplying enough juice to power a NXT brick and a single servo....
Better Living with MakerBot 10/16/2010 If you haven’t checked them out already, Zaggo‘s mini documentaries on the 3D printing phenomenon are a must see. [Via...
Spooky candy bowl with a DIY capacitive touch sensor 10/15/2010 We’ve blogged this before, but it’s a great project so we’re revisiting it. It’s a creepy candy bowl that uses...
Polyplasmic Arcophone 10/14/2010 This fabulous musical instrument was created by members of the Perth, Australia hackerspace Artifactory. It will be having its first...
Programmable blobs 10/14/2010 Blob Motility is an attempt of actuated shape display using fluid programmable matter. We have developed an environment where we...
Take on the Machine visits Pumping Station: One 10/14/2010 Still loving this awesome series. In these two episodes, they visit Chicago’s PS1 to watch them build a Tron bike...
DIY Haunts update, fourth newsletter shipped! 10/13/2010 DIY Haunts is our contest where you can win fabulous Jameco Electronics and MAKE/Maker Shed prizes by building the coolest...
