This week I am going to be building a Boarduino, which is an Arduino clone that can easily plug into a solderless breadboard. It comes in 2 versions, the DC version and the USB version. I am going to be making the DC version. It is slightly less expensive and I already have the proper […]
I’m not always all about the NXT, there are just several cool contests going right now, this one from LEGO: NXT NXT…? Are you seeing double? Yes! We are presenting a doubly fun building challenge where you create a robot that uses 2 NXT bricks! We are also giving you double the amount of time […]
Sparky the art-robot responds to air quality, movement, and touch by collapsing his body in relative amounts – indicating quality of environment. Sparking responds negatively to: carbon monoxide, cigarette smoke, alcohol, too much dark lighting, hitting and yelling. Any of the above factors (depending on severity) makes Sparky drop it’s head and tail, whimper, and […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool The great internet migratory box of electronic junk passed through the hands of our own Gareth Branwyn – For The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronic Junk (TGIMBOEJ). Here is some of what I added to the box (code-named: Yokohama). This is fun! (And yes, I suck as a […]
BBtv looks at some of the wearable tech at the Second Skin fashion show, held at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Wearable Tech fashion show: Second Skin
I turned an Arduino Protoshield into a digital-to-analog converter with only a few extra parts. It’s proved a lot of fun for audio experimentation and a great way to learn about what DACs do and how they do it. What’s DAC? Digital to analog converters, or DACs, are used to create varying voltage levels from […]
John sent us his flickr set that shows you how to make these really nice Breadboard Power Connectors. Thanks John! Inspired by a couple of posts on the Make magazine website, I made up a set of leads to connect my bench power supply to a solderless breadboard. I used a couple of old 8-pin […]
