Beer Can Bot Has Devious Disguise
The diabolical “Can Bot” from YouTuber longjie0723 will wait until you’ve had one too many, then, at just the right moment…ATTACK!
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Center Stage at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011
If you haven’t seen the Center Stage sessions from Maker Faire Bay Area, the folks at FORA.tv have the entire set available online. See Massimo Banzi, Gever Tulley, David Brin, a presentation on the AlloSphere project at the California Nanosystems Institute, Mary Haskett on risk taking, and many other great presentations.
DON’T MISS IT! Make: Live Episode 10: Hackerspace Roadshow
Make: Live is broadcasting shortly! Don’t miss our Hackerspace Roadshow, where we’ll take a virtual road trip to five hackerspaces in five cities across the US to see their communities and projects. NYC Resistor Milwaukee Makerspace Twin Cities Maker at The Hack Factory i3Detroit Noisebridge (San Francisco) Make: Live 10: Hackerspace Roadshow Wednesday June 8th, […]
Ohio’s Sew to Speak
While in Columbus this past weekend, I had the pleasure of stopping by Sew to Speak, a fabric shop complete with sewing school. I was absolutely amazed with the variety of fabrics, patterns, trims, and classes available to Ohio crafters. I stocked up on all sorts of fabric patterns I’ve had a hard time finding […]
Program Your Blinky Grid and Blinky POV With Your Browser
Pesky hardware hackers Wayne and Layne have created two new kits that are essentially classics with a major twist. We’ve released two new kits, Blinky Grid and Blinky POV. Both are little LED kits that are reprogrammed by holding them up to our web page that blinks. Those blinks are picked up by light sensors […]
Jeri’s Motion-Detecting LED Dress
I love how Jeri Ellsworth almost always shows up at events with an impressive hack, from her infamous NES Purse, to the “Brain Bulb” she wore at Maker Faire Bay Area, to this glorious geek sartorial, the Barbot LED Dress. She wore this to the BarBot 2011 event at this year’s RoboGames. Underneath the dress is a string of delay chain LEDs triggered by a PIR (Passive Infrared Sensor) motion sensor detecting people around her.
News From The Future: Augment Reality Stamps
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and TNT Post present the first stamps in the world with augmented reality. The stamps show five futuristic buildings designed by famous Dutch architects. When put in front of a webcam, these buildings will appear in 3D on the stamp. By moving the stamp, users are able to see the […]