From the MAKE Flickr photo pool RobotGrrl is making and selling these bright little bots to raise money for robotic education – This is a Styrobot that I created. It’s a form of a BristleBot, but it uses a pipecleaner instead to vibrate and jiggle around. It’s really cute as the googley eyes move all […]
YouTube now has on-video annotations for content creators — so this means if you own the video you can add notes, comments and hot spot areas to click to enhance a video (not URLs, just links to other YouTube videos). This could be very handy for electronic how-tos and “skill building” videos, from identifying parts […]
Robotica: Machines and Motion will have their opening reception June 6th at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda. Toys. Industrial machines. Household helpers. Pop culture archetypes. Art. Who can be all of these and more? Robots! Artists will include Mark Pauline of Survival Research Laboratories, Al Honig, Kal Spelletich, Alameda artists Christian Schiess and Michael Schiess, […]
I spent some time with Amy & Ariel from Sparkle Labs, makers of the DIY electronics kit we have in our Maker Shed Store, check it out! Here’s the M4V for iTunes, iPods, iPhones, etc… DIY Design Electronics Kit – Harness the power of the electron! Create games, toys, and contraptions with these fundamental components. […]
This modded Xbox driving controller uses duct -ape and elbow grease to integrate a chair into it’s design. Although it’s hard to know if you play this game seated with your feet controlling the steering wheel or uncomfortably perched on the back support for better alignment. [via]
From Hack a Day: German engineering firm Festo has created this flying manta ray. Dubbed the Air_ray, it’s a balloon made of an aluminum-vaporised “PET foil”. Inflated with helium, the Air_ray’s propulsion system is a flapping wing drive. Each wing has alternating pressure and tension flanks that are attached to an internal set of ribs. […]
Little-scale has another helpful mini how-to for those of you digging in with blue microcontroller It is often desirable to synchronise something like a homemade sequencing circuit or a Commodore 64 to MIDI clock signals. I thought I might share some generic Arduino skeleton code that could be used to synchronise many different types of […]
