Waldemeyer (one of my favorite and prolific makers in the world) has a stunning POV project… I just returned from the Milano Salone del Mobile which was very unusual for me: no large and complicated show pieces this year. Instead a small but significant project, a piece of jewelry for Flos to mark the start […]
Collin sent me an email about this awesome railgun that has been posted in the MAKE Flickr Photo Pool. It looks like the builder used about 42, very large capacitors. All of them are dangerously easy to touch. Hopefully there will be a write-up soon, so we can learn more about how it was made. […]
Zach Smith’s new “Danger Shield” for Arduino. This looks excellent for learning!
I’ve been doing a bunch of Flash Actionscript 3 development lately at work, and one of my favorite features with the new drawing API is the ease and speed with which you can rasterize vector data and manipulate image bitmaps. What’s killer is that Adobe’s as3corelib addon library finally gives us some essential tools that […]
The WABOT-2, developed by Waseda University in back in the 1980s was a humanoid robotic keyboard player that was actually considered the most advanced robot of its time. It could listen to accompanying singers and change its tempo while carrying on a conversation. Check out the video for some of its keyboard-playing prowess. Humanoid History […]
I made something like this when I was about 10 years old. My version wasn’t as complicated, and it sank in a matter of minutes. I really like the use of a nail and coil to make a simple solenoid for switching the moors on and off. Overall it’s a pretty good use of recycled […]
We have seen a lot of Rock Band hacks and mods, and this is no different. If you want to beat your friend’s high score, this little electronics project should help. This is a really clever way of getting around mono plug that is supplied with the pedal. The game ROCK BAND has a drum […]
