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Milwaukee Makers on Parade

Milwaukee Makers on Parade

Milwaukee Makerspace brought electric vehicles and floats to Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s South Shore Frolics parade. Milwaukee Makerspace member David Overbeck has loved Milwaukee’s South Shore Frolics Parade since he was a kid, and with the help of other makers, he led a group build of a 9 foot tall “Old Milwaukee Makerspace” beer can to appear […]

Pulse Sensor for Arduino

Pulse Sensor for Arduino

Yury Gitman and Joel Murphy have created a pulse sensor for Arduino: It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game & mobile developers who want to easily incorporate live heart-rate data into their projects. After a few months of testing a gaggle of techniques, we developed what we think is an innovative […]

Working Iron Man Style Palm Laser Weapon

Working Iron Man Style Palm Laser Weapon

Yes, OK, I know that the weapons in Iron Man’s palms are technically *repulsor* beams, which, at least as I understand them, are a kind of wholly sci-fictional counterpart to the equally sci-fictional “tractor” beam. But this terrifying device from German laserhacker Patrick Priebe, who previously has produced a handheld Nd-YAG pulse laser that will punch holes in, is “working” in the sense that it is a dangerous, if not deadly, directed energy weapon that you can wear on your palm and use to work great evil…

New in the Maker Shed: Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0

New in the Maker Shed: Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0

Due to popular demand, the Maker Shed now carries Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0! This awesome Lego set is much better than than the original Mindstorms that I have. It includes new models, more customizable programming and all-new technologies! Mindstorms NXT 2.0 combines the versatility of the LEGO building system with an intelligent microcomputer brick and intuitive drag-and-drop programming software based on LabVIEW.