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People shoot pretty impressive video using smartphones. There’s even been some rather ingenious hardware solutions developed to improve the fact that you’re still shooting video with a smartphone. When I ran across this iPhone image stabilizer (original Japanese) I was impressed with how well it seems to perform. In order to save the viewer a little time I’ve skipped ahead to a decent spot in the video.
Biking directions added to Google Maps… here’s my route from Adafruit to NYC Resistor! Whenever I meet someone who finds out that I work on the directions team for Google Maps, the first question I’m asked is often “So when’s Google Maps going to add biking directions?” We’re big biking fans too, so we’ve been […]
Beeple posted this video analyzing/documenting/presenting a beyond-awesome computer-generated rhythm machine I so deeply wish was real. Note to self – must figure how to construct laser capable of creating laser sound … anyone? [via CDM] From the pages of MAKE: Drumbot Activate! MAKE: 15: Music, Page 60. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition!
I then wrote a spiffy little Android app that pairs up to the BlueSMiRF, reads the state dumped from the Arduino every 3 seconds, and then makes a pretty little Android UI. It shows me a Sun, Moon, or Clock depending on which state the Arduino is in.
Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman’s Truckbot could be built for under $20 (excluding mobile). That’s pretty impressive for such an open and accessible robotics prototyping environment. Using a laser-cut cardboard chassis, $3 micro servos, and a bare bones Arduino, the duo have assembled one of the cheapest platforms to come along in some time.
Rawr! Instructables user poyecto_gir writes: I will teach you how to make props of a mechanical arm (the clamp can be activated by spring action or motorized action, I will show both possibilities), a face plate (the eye lights) and the battle vest (the chest plate lights too). And the best part? The props are […]
In this video robotics student Robert Stephenson demonstrates an iPhone app he wrote to wirelessly control his Hexapod robot.
