Hydraulic Robots Why would you want to use hydraulics on your robot? It was good enough for the car-sized fighting robots Mark Setrakian designed for Robot Combat League, the show he helped develop for the SyFy network. I’m not suggesting you build a giant robot (although that’d be pretty cool), but there is plenty you […]
For the first time ever, Maker Faire Bay Area started on Friday this year, and it was fantastic — hundreds of makers showing their stuff for thousands of lucky kids. Check out the photo gallery here for just a small preview of what you’ll see this weekend at Maker Faire. We call it Friday@MakerFaire, with […]
We talk to Jason Krinder about the new Beaglebone board, the Beaglebone Green from Seeed Studio.
These are students at the Bay School of San Francisco, and the makers of AJAX, a hydraulic exoskeleton that looks like something from a movie.
David Shuff built a fully immersive gaming environment for the classic Xbox game Steel Battalion.
Ready to blow your kids’ minds? This weekend, surprise them with the most awesome summertime dessert there is: homemade slushies! We call them slushies here in Chicago and I remember my mom buying them for me at the local mall when I was a kid. They were so much fun and so many flavor options! […]
I’ve always been a fan of “presence lights” that turn on when I walk into a space. Sure, call me lazy, but there’s just something wonderful about electronics being able to anticipate my needs and look after them before I take action on my own. I’ve been enjoying working with these LED strip lights for […]
