WiFi Surveying Roomba
There really isn’t any information on this project, but it looks like another excellent Roomba robot mod – this one is WiFi and web cam enabled. Link.
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Add your own 3D data to Google Earth
Take 3D drawings and data (WoW, Second Life, etc..) and plop them inside Google Earth – “Maya2GoogleEarth is an open-source, cross-platform tool developed at Eyebeam for exporting 3D models from Maya into Google Earth. Once installed, it allows you to export 3D models from within your scene as a single Google Earth Placemark (KML) file. […]
HOW TO – Build a 1,024,000 mcd portable light
Here’s how to build a very bright, very low power portable light for less than $100, the Maker uses this on his bike. Link.
Maximus Arcade emulation…
I spotted this awesome arcade emulator set up from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ben Sinclair and wanted to find out what software was running all the emulators – Ben writes “I like Maximus Arcade because the UI is great and there is very little configuration. You just tell it what emulators to use and […]
Hand Gesture Recognition
I’m thinking that this hand gesture recognition software might be a good way to get some more input for the low-cost VR system, or it just might be a lot of fun…“With almost any color camera and sufficient processing power, this software collection implements a hand gesture interface. It detects the hand in a standard […]
Mr. Magazine names MAKE notable launch in 2005!
Thanks Mr. Magazine! Link.
Meet an Electric Giraffe
Like electric giraffes? We’ll have one at Maker Faire! “Based on a Tamiya model walking giraffe, the Electric Giraffe is a life sized robotic giraffe based on this small toy’s walking mechanism. The ‘Raffe actually walks, just like its small scaled design model, but towers at 17 feet tall when its neck is raised. The […]