Arduino-Controlled $200 Robotic Hand 05/13/2013 Aaron Thomen’s DIY $200 Robotic Hand looks and works great without costing a lot of money! It consists of servo-controlled...
Make a Differential Light Meter With an Op Amp 05/13/2013 Instructables user SarahandDillon made a differential light meter with a TL082 op amp; it compares the readings of two photo...
Lego Play as Training for Future Engineers 05/12/2013 Smithsonian Magazine has a great piece about Lego’s influence on future engineers via its MIndstorms robotics set, and kids’ exposure...
3D-Printing Mechanical Hands 05/09/2013 This is really cool, a MakerBot Industries-supported 3D printable prosthetic hand project. When Richard Van As, a master carpenter in...
RobotGrrl Introduces Buddy 4000 05/09/2013 Erin “RobotGrrl” Kennedy has introduced the Buddy 4000 robot chassis. It’s an open source, 3D-printable robot: Buddy 4000 was created...
Grow: A Portable CNC Router System 05/08/2013 The Grow CNC, a portable CNC router system: I am the James Dyson Fellow at the Royal College of Art’s...
Make an Analog Function Generator With an Op Amp 05/08/2013 Instructables user laserjocky built this function generator for a term project in school. It’s capable of producing a square, triangle,...
Mapping Buildings with a Kinect 05/07/2013 This cool mapping system created by MIT uses a Kinect motion tracker, a laser range finder, GPS, and inertial sensors...
LilyPad MP3 Released 05/07/2013 The new Lilypad MP3 board is out and it looks pretty sweet! Lilypads are washable Arduinos designed for wearable electronics....
Iain Sharp’s Treasure Chest Synth 05/06/2013 Iain Sharp of Lushprojects built this sweet treasure chest synth by adding the boards of his LushOne Synth and LushOne...