Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-seventh installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
New in the Maker Shed: RedPark TTL iOS Cable Breakout Pack
Exclusively in the Maker Shed, this updated Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS makes interfacing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the real world easy! This bundle includes the new RedPark TTL Cable for iOS so a serial TTL adapter and soldering is no longer required.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Playsurface: An Open-Source Multi-Touch Computing Table
The engineers behind Templeman Automation are developing Playsurface, an affordable open-source touch table for “ordinary developers and consumers.”
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories’ Digi-Comp II Mechanical Computer
Who knew evil mad scientists could be so nice? Lenore and Windell are two of the happiest makers I know.
Self-Transforming Machine Elf is Pleased…
This is a remarkable YouTube video posted by 29-year old Japanese user kenjiishida011, showing a remote-controlled Transformer-type toy that can not only change from car to robot under its own power, but dance out of frame when it’s done.
Capacitive Touch on Everyday Objects
Wouldn’t it be cool if everyday objects were as easy to control as a smartphone or tablet? Disney Research in Pittsburg have created a more sensitive version of capacitive touch technology, called Touché, that allows for multi-point gestures on a variety of surfaces and environments.
