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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 […]
Some people aren’t content with your run-of-the-mill blinking lights. Take, for instance, this Arduino-powered Twitter Monkey from maker Pete Prodoehl. He could have had his script send out an audio alert like everyone else, instead he chose to create this animatronic monkey using an Arduino and a couple of servos. Every time it sees a keyword it goes bananas, flapping its arms about like any excited monkey would do. It may not be your cup of tea if your a nervous person, but it sure does beat your average blip.
Usually Lego is a hobby unto itself. But what I really like are projects where the Lego is the means, not the end, where the project succeeded because there was this neato prototyping material lying around. Here are some good one pulled from the cobweb-strewn archives of Make: Online. #10 Lego Letterpress #9 LEGO Swimming […]
