One of our most prolific Makers Windell writes in with some great holiday electronics projects… – “Here are two open-source, do-it-yourself, microcontroller-powered holiday electronics projects: A micro-readerboard Christmas tree ornament and a mini-LED Hanukkah menorah. “ – Link & photos. Related: Holiday projects @ MAKE – Link.
Here’s how to make incredible flowers from old computer parts – this one was made with: 1 dead hard drive 1 floppy drive 9 floppy disks large gauge copper wire thin gauge copper wire brass (or any thin metal) sheet Junk box flowers – Link. Related: Mona Lisa from computer parts – Link. Junk to […]
The BBot 2.0 is a dual-axis self-balancing inverted pendulum robot that can be controlled via Bluetooth & uses high-current motor drivers. Brody has more on the site and also boards for sale… [via] – Link. Check out the baby steps video too. Related: Robotics @ MAKE – Link.
Todbot writes – “The Arduino’s USB port is actually a serial port in disguise. To your computer it appears as a ‘virtual’ serial port. This is good news if you want to write custom code on your computer to talk with the Arduino, as talking to serial ports is a well-solved problem. (Unfortunately, so well-solved […]
Macaba writes – “Ages ago, I was toying with the idea of making a DIY in-air PC mouse, and had designed it in my mind. A few days ago I saw the Wii-remote bluetooth PC controller hack and thought that it was good time to throw together my own version. As shown on http://wiihacks.blogspot.com/ the […]
Erik writes – “I created this and a few other iCurve style stands in wood. I experimented with cherry, maple, oak and red oak. No stain was used, only lacquer, so the original beauty of the wood comes out. The trick part was keeping the notebook from sliding down the stand. Two short pieces of […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member mr_tentacle writes – “A 2-wheeled balancing robot. Balancing robots are also refered to as “Inverted Pendulum” robots, because they work on the same principal as a pendulum. The robot is dynamically unstable, e.g. left alone it will fall down. A gyro and accelerometer located near the axis of rotation (the […]
