This is an excerpt from Make: Soft Robotics, A DIY Introduction to Squishy, Stretchy, and Flexible Robots. Find it at here. As NASA-funded soft robotic and compliant system concepts begin to attract attention,ย we jokingly refer to the rover concepts as the โMenagerieโ since so many take research inspiration directly from animals. These bioinspired […]
Thereโs something very relaxing about fairy lights, but only Carrie Fisher could get away with keeping her Christmas tree up all year. This project lets you keep the festive feeling alive year-round โ plus itโs a great night light or custom gift. YOU WILL NEED KraftyBlokย or similar crafting glass block with a bottom cutout and […]
When Chinaโs Tiangong-1 burned up last year, it left the International Space Station (ISS) as humanityโs sole outpost in space. Today six astronauts live aboard the ISS, performing spacewalks and science experiments, filming scenes for an upcoming virtual-reality series, and unloading cargo deliveries from capsules like Northropโs Cygnus and SpaceXโs Dragon. These brave astronauts orbit […]
We’ve recently been doing a very fun series with the help of our partner Digi-Key Electronics. We’ve been dialing into makerspaces all over and getting a live tour! We announce who and when on our twitter and facebook ahead of time so keep an eye on them to see who is coming up next, and […]
In the easy-to-follow book Make: FPGAs โ Turning Software into Hardware with Eight Fun & Easy DIY Projects, author David Romano details the ins-and-outs of the hyper-configurable field-programmable gate array (FPGA) boards and explains how โย and why โ to get started with these advanced devices. The following is excerpted from his book, available at […]
Over the past two years, makers have created innovative and surprising projects with their Google AIY kits. here are a few that you may want to try yourself! Translation Toy An animatronic toy is a great place to start hacking. In Paul Trebilcox-Ruizโs case, he used a Star Wars Porg as the framework for an […]
Google AI is committed to bringing the benefits of AI to everyone, and one of the ways we do this is by building tools to ensure that everyone can access AI. In 2016 I started AIY (do-it-yourself AI) as a new initiative from Google to help students and makers learn about AI through affordable, hands-on […]
