Voice-Controlled Resistor Sorter 04/18/2013 Right now I’m sorting all my resistors into plastic bags, and it’s kind of a lengthy process! Anthony Clay wrote...
Inside MIT’s Hobby Shop 04/18/2013 It’s remarkable how the MIT Hobby Shop presages aspects of the hackerspace movement… In the 1937-38 academic year, Vannevar Bush,...
RasPi Hackerspace Security System 04/17/2013 NESIT Hackerspace in Meriden, CT, is building a RFID-equipped security system to secure the space. Starting the project I needed...
3D-Printed Mechanical Stepping Mechanism 04/16/2013 NYC Resistor member Chris Fenton is working on a 3D-printable, mechanical computer. Latest step? This sweet stepping mechanism. My efforts...
Hacked Casio PT82 Keyboard 04/16/2013 Iain Sharp found this sweet PT-82 at a thrift store and added his LushOne modular synth kit to add a...
Lego Technic Spirograph 04/16/2013 PG52’s Lego Spirograph (website is in French) sports four speeds for the board rotation and four for the arms. I...
Fine-Tuning Resistor Values…With a File 04/15/2013 What if you need a 10-ohm resistor? No, not 9.92 ohms, but precisely ten? Gareth of Let’s Make Robots shows...
CNC Router Bits Demystified 04/13/2013 Minneapolis maker Greg Flanagan demystifies CNC router bits on the 100kGarages blog. CNC routers need bits. They determine the kind...
Lego Mindstorms Paddleboat 04/12/2013 This Mindstorms paddleboat was built by Mike and Cedric of the OSZT school in Täuffelen, Switzerland. Looks like it sports...
Twitter Controlled RPi Robot Hand 04/12/2013 Whiskey Tango Hotel’s Hand of Pi is a robot hand that gestures (sometimes rudely) when a tweet is sent to...
