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Phillipe “Philo” Hurbain created a neat 3D scanner out of Lego last year. It used a needle mounted on a Technics linear actuator to measure the dimensions of objects for conversion into LDraw parts. Now he has upped the ante with his latest version that uses a laser and David laser scanner software to do […]
The Kinect hackapalooza continues. Here, PhD student Philipp Robbel, of MIT’s Personal Robotics Group, combined an Xbox Kinect with an iRobot Create to come up with KinectBot. It can can generate “detailed 3D maps of its surroundings and wirelessly send them to a host computer. KinectBot can also detect nearby humans and track their movements […]
That’s a very lucky lad grinning at you in the beginning of this video from his dad, Instructables user Steve Moseley, who designed, built and installed this elaborate marble run around the ceiling of his room.
It’s been a week and already people are doing cool things with the Kinect. We have to hand it to MS, they created a genuinely awesome device, and one that is apparently a breeze to hack! Kudos for Adafruit for making it happen. Someone (ahem) needs to offer more of these prizes! [Video via Beyond […]
From Flickr user rsummer’s Maelstrom – Cavalcade photoset In response to our Maker Hobbies theme, we got an email from Martin Raynsford. He writes: My hobby is Live action role play (LARPing). It’s a bit like medieval re-enactment where the outcome of the battle isn’t already decided, and a bit like a real-life Lord of […]
Claire of Absolutely Small shares this hilarious tutorial for making a Snuggie for your Blythe doll. Download the pattern, grab some fleece and get your Blythe all cozied up for the winter! More: Rerooting Blythe Doll Hair – CRAFT Video Podcast terling Silver Blythe Ring Inside-Out Blythe Guts Costume
Mehmet “Memo” Akten‘s experiment shows the possibilities of the newly hacked gadget. The XBox Kinect is connected to my Macbook Pro, and I wrote a little demo to analyse the depth map for gestural 3D interaction. One hand to draw in 3D, two hands to rotate the view. Very rough, early prototype. [Kinect hacks, via […]
