MAKE pal Todbot’s Hacking Roomba book is now available for pre-order! It’s all about how to turn your Roomba into your own singing, dancing, art making robot and will be shipping in mid-November, just in time for the holidays! – Link & Amazon. Book notes: A gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be […]
ITP_Sustainability shows you how to make a laptop case from a FedEx box and other tossed items… “Design Challenge: Make Something Useful out of Whatever You Find. We decided to create a laptop case that is functional and fun to carry. What we like most about this case is that it is not obvious to […]
Monday night on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” show tune in to see Marque Cornblatt discuss robots, and how they will change the future of telecommunications. Also get a peek at the next generation Sparky robot (Marque was at Maker Faire)… Sparky bridges the gap between people and machines. Using found objects, technologies and materials […]
David boosted the range of his wireless keyboard / mouse by 400%, he writes – ” I bought a really cool wireless media center keyboard with an onboard trackball mouse, so I diden’t need to sit at a table with a mouse, mousepad and a keyboard while enjoying my media center. The plan was that […]
Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture, these desktop toys are easy and fun to make, the pummer! – and hey, it’s Friday so here’s a free article just for our blog readers from the pages of MAKE 08 – Toys and games. Click here to download the PDF, or get this PDF and many others […]
Here’s a low-tech way of fixing a broken pin on a hard drive using some tin foil and a sewing pin. Thanks Dayne! – Link.
I stopped by the Artbots opening in NYC and took some photos, definately something to check out if you’re in the NYC area… Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s “IPO madness” is a lot of fun. ArtBots is very happy to announce a regional NYC show as part of the science+art festival 2006 this fall. The show will feature […]
