Arduino-Controlled Chicken Coop Door 04/04/2012 I really dig SiliconFarmer’s detailed instructions on how to automate a chicken coop door. It uses a windshield wiper motor...
Two Euros Machine Makes Donations Fun 04/03/2012 Alex at Tinkerlog helped build this clever fundraising machine that takes a 2-Euro coin on a ride. In January Kolle...
Micro Robot Packs an Arduino, Rolls Autonomously 04/03/2012 This mini bot features an Arduino Pro Mini, a L293D dual H-bridge motor driver chip, and a IR proximity sensor....
Analog Hard Disk Synth 04/02/2012 Gijs Gieskes wrote in to share a cool project he completed: a synthesizer made from a hard disk.
DIY Wireless Pan-and-Tilt System 04/02/2012 MAKE staple Chris of Pyroelectro wrote in with this simple Wireless XBee Tilt/Pan Camera System, which lets you to pan,...
Open Hack at Six Dutch Hackerspaces This Saturday 03/30/2012 @Lurwah from Hack42 wrote in to share a cool thing happening in the Netherlands this weekend: six Dutch hackerspaces will...
Peep Goldberg Machine 03/30/2012 Members of my hackerspace built a Peep-themed Rube Goldberg machine: Recently a group of folks got together at the Hack...
Spherical Robot Has Its Own Car 03/29/2012 Skylar Castator of Boulder, CO, created a car for a Sphero robot (we mentioned it in our Alt.CES coverage this...
Voronoi Bookshelf Generator 03/28/2012 Alan Rorie of San Francisco, CA, wrote in to share his Voronoi Bookshelf Generator software that helps you design your...
MicroRAX and Lego CNC 03/28/2012 Jason Welch built this lovely CNC from MicroRAX t-slot beams with Lego bricks for the linear paths. See the video’s...
