OpenMV aims to make machine vision as easy as Arduino made microcontrollers. They supply a small camera and microcontroller with MV software already loaded. At last, you can make projects that react to events in the real world just by seeing things happening. What CAN it do? You could… Tell a motor to open your […]
Want to see something super cool? Go grab your copy of Make: Vol. 68 and download the Digi-Key AR Guide to Boards app, then put them together to watch real magic happen.
With the final installment of the Star Wars saga premiering in the immediate future, it is time to whip up a last minute craft project to help show your enthusiasm at the show. You know there’s not much more you want in life than to have your own loyal companion like Chewbacca, and now you […]
I recently got an opportunity to check out a really cool piece of machinery: the Roland VersaUV Lef 12i. They sent a loaner unit that I got to experiment with and test out for a few weeks. There are two main reasons you’d want to use a printer like this: First, using UV cured ink […]
Subscribers should be getting their paper copies now, and members of the online community can access the digital edition too! For the rest of you, this issue should be arriving on store shelves this month.
This Wednesday at 12:00 noon PST we’ll be connecting to the Yale CEID for a live tour! The Center for Engineering, Innovation, and Design is the makerspace on Yale campus where students can go and explore tech and tools that make their ideas come to reality. Thanks to our sponsor Digi-Key, we’ll be continuing […]
Bob and friends from the youtube channel I Like To Make Stuff have really outdone themselves this year. In an effort to add some excitement to the neighborhood over the holidays, they’ve created a giant Christmas tree video game! The game is fairly simple, but the execution of everything including the construction is quite well […]
