Thermal Printer Outputs Poems 12/18/2012 Giles Booth wanted to build an internet printer, which is commonly used to print out tweets and do other automated...
Arduino-Controlled “Sonic Screwdriver” 12/17/2012 Gunther Cox’s recreation of the Doctor Who movie prop packs an Arduino Pro Mini. If you’re not familiar with the...
Un-Knitting Machine 12/14/2012 Imogen Hedges’ bicycle-powered Un-Knitting Machine unravels sweaters and then lets you wind up the yarn for reuse. [via The Mill]
3D-Printed Space Station Model 12/14/2012 I just love Micah Ganske’s Mining Habitat Ring World, a sculpture of a space station. Micah printed the whole thing...
Arduino-Controlled Split-Flap Game 12/13/2012 Richard from the Netherlands built this split-flap game as a gift to his niece. Actually, the gift is inside, but...
Logic Gates Modeled With Dominos 12/12/2012 Nick Poole of SparkFun describes logic gates using dominos, with a standing domino equalling 0 (false) and a laying down...
Hackerspace Happenings for December 12 12/12/2012 Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at...
Arduino-Controlled Drawing Robot 12/11/2012 acorv built this sweet drawing arm* with an Arduino Uno and motor shield, two steppers and a servo, Meknex building...
Earthquake-Actuated Artbot 12/10/2012 This bot visualizes earthquakes as splotches of paint, squirting paint color coded to the strength of each quake. Quakescape is...
Arduino Esplora Announced 12/10/2012 The Arduino Esplora looks super cool! It’s a game pad with a built-in Arduino Leonardo. It packs an ATMega 32U4,...