At first glance the Halocode appears very similar to Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express. Both boards have the same circular board, alligator-clip friendly I/O pins, a ring of RGB LEDs, and are designed to be beginner friendly. From there the boards diverge. The Playground’s strengths are its diverse set of built-in sensors and large number of […]
The yearly conference UniMaker, hosted by the University of Sheffield is joining the online masses and going virtual this weekend. If you’re connected with making and involved in education, you’re going to find a veritable smorgasbord of interesting talks and topics to consume. Of course we’re a little biased, and we’re happy to see Make: […]
Join us for this week’s episode, Plan C Live: Economic Recovery from the Bottom Up. A resilient community can use available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations. A fast and flexible civic response to COVID-19 has demonstrated the need for communities to self-organize and connect people in groups to solve problems […]
We receive so many pitches for crowdfunding projects. They pour into our inbox daily. Since crowdfunding is a bit of a gamble, it is always kind of hard to determine just how to write about these projects, considering that many of them may not ever deliver. Cool Crowdfunding is our way of sharing some of […]
At ARS Electronica this past weekend, Anouk Wipprecht’s latest creation was announced. Project Pangolin is a creative approach to a brain computer interface or BCI. It uses this very interesting scale looking sensor array to read 1,024 points of data -brain waves – and convert them to lights and motion on the model’s body. At […]
YouTube’s content covers a broad range of topics, including the many facets of making, and over the years we’ve seen a number of creators establish themselves and their skills on the platform. So what does it take to become a successful YouTube maker? In the new issue of Make: magazine (vol.74 — get it here […]
2020 has been a difficult year. As folks are struggling to survive through the challenges wrought by a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, and social unrest, we asked ourselves if an event would even be appropriate right now. After postponing the event twice, we had numerous meetings about the role of Maker Faire Miami in the […]
