MAKE Interviews MakeIt Labs’ Adam and Joe About Shutdown 01/11/2012 Hackerspaces have been flying under the radar for a few years, but now it seems as if they’re starting to...
VR Kitty Brushing System 01/11/2012 Taylor Veltrop created a controller for a NAO humanoid robot using a treadmill, Kinect, Wii remotes, and a head-mounted display…...
Rainbow Machine Adds Rainbows to Your Photos 01/10/2012 Via HaD: Rainbows are revered as religious signs, the subject of ancient poems, adopted by social movements, formally described through...
Open Source Soldering Iron Driver 01/10/2012 Continuing with the theme of OSHW bench equipment, Serbian hacker Bogdan Kecman built his own open source soldering iron driver...
MakerBot Replicator Announced 01/09/2012 I was really excited to hear about the latest edition of the MakerBot 3D printer. Called the Replicator, it features...
Skype Controlled Mindstorms Car 01/09/2012 I love the clever interface between this Mindstorms car and the web. Maker Leon from Rye, NY, built a Skype-based...
DIY Prusa Flightcase 01/06/2012 Traveling with a fragile 3D printer can be tricky. MakerBot Industries recommends Pelican cases for their printers, which are pretty...
OSHW Multimeter 01/06/2012 This idea fascinates me — an open-source, DIY multimeter. This video, from the EEVblog, serves as more of a brainstorming...
MakeIt Labs in New Hampshire Shut Down For Code Violations 01/05/2012 Nashua’s hackerspace MakeIt Labs opened last July but found its doors closed months later when city inspectors shut it down...
Daft Punk on 5 Floppy Drives 01/05/2012 I love this floppy-drive rendition of Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” track from the Tron soundtrack, created by YouTube user MrSolidSnake745. [via...
