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2008 was a big year for the MAKE: Flickr photo pool there are over 4,527 members with over 29,190 items! As 2008 ends, here are the top 5 contributors to the pool (that’s all that’s possible to list it seems) along with the most popular tags, enjoy! Top photo makers! pt (1,026) kentkb (726) connors934 […]
In 2008, the top 10 search terms on MAKE using our google search box at the upper right were… LED Arduino Solar Halloween 555 Guitar RFID Steampunk Laser Bike Also in 2008 – the top 10 search terms in the Maker Shed store were…. Arduino starter kit Arduino Make magazine SIM card reader Pinewood derby […]
If you have the Google Phone and prefer hacking Python over Java, this is just what you’ve been waiting for: Here’s an early Christmas present for all those Python fanatics (self included) out there! With a lot of help from my friends (thanks Manuel and Thomas!) I managed to install Python 2.4.5 on my G1. […]
Dave Prochnow writes on PopSci: Every AVR programmer worth her weight in ATmegas knows about the AVR Butterfly–a ridiculously low cost ATmega169 demonstration and evaluation kit. Lamenting the lack of such a kit for the ATmega168 drove me to design my own demo/eval kit for the Arduino microcontroller family. This project became a compulsion that […]
”Colony” is an interactive, multi-player performance art project by Australian artist Troy Innocent. The project employs a freely downloadable iPhone app (“Colony” from the App Store) that allows up to 30 people to contribute to a shared sound environment by playing a number of networked totems in the physical location. Visitors without iPhones can also […]
”Colony” is an interactive, multi-player performance art project by Australian artist Troy Innocent. The project employs a freely downloadable iPhone app (“Colony” from the App Store) that allows up to 30 people to contribute to a shared sound environment by playing a number of networked totems in the physical location. Visitors without iPhones can also […]
New mashup Web site reveals the hole story behind Japan’s manhole covers / Ittemia（イッテミア）å‰ç·š While not the oddest fetish in Japan by a long way, there are some who travel the length of Japan enticed by the prospect of a compellingly designed manhole. But while even the most ardent manhole cover buffs come up against […]
