Geek Crafts: Earbud Holders
This is a crafty and eco way to create holders for your earbuds out of an old credit card.
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Maker Faire Bay Area: Russell the Electric Giraffe Interview
One of the most iconic creatures to roam the Maker Faire is, hands down, Russell the Electric Giraffe. I remember falling in love with Russell the first time I met him, back in 2006, at the very first Maker Faire. He is one of the sweetest robots you’ll ever meet. He’ll be at this year’s […]
Interesting Engineering Problem to Solve…
We do not have a dog where I live, but we do have Roombas (and a cat). While this example above is funny, it’s also a fun engineering challenge. How would you modify the Roomba to detect dog poop and stop instead of making modern art all over the place?
How-To: Circuit Board Lights
These circuit board lights over on IKEA Hackers are perfect for any geektastic decor. [via Crafty Crafty]
Building a Wireless Snail Mail Notifier
You may have already seen Matt Richardson’s wonderful Snail Mail Push project. Our Arduino projects guy, Riley Porter, has put together a snail mail hack of his own. His new workshop is in his backyard, far from his mailbox. Rather than having to walk to the box obsessively to see if mail has arrived, he […]
Herringbone Drawer Shelves
What a clever idea: these drawer shelves make use of wall space but make it easier to store bulky items without them sliding off. I love the drawer pulls and the elegant herringbone paint job, too!
Quadrotor Formation Flying
The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, famous for those crazy quadrotors that can fly through windows and hula hoops, has been working on getting groups of the robots to fly together in formation. Just like with a formation of fighter jets, there’s a leader robot in each squad along with several follower robots. The followers […]