We’ve posted a lot of 555 timer chip projects for blinking LEDs, but I really like this one, it’s like a LED player piano…Ten Men writes – “I scribbled the can with a rubber dremel wheel to remove the paint where I wanted the contacts to close the circuit, lighting the LED’s. The contacts are […]
Ok gang, here’s a sneak preview (back) of the MAKE MP3 player we’re going to have for sale soon! More details to follow!
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mr_Tentacle made a cool line following robot for the 2007 Robogames line slalom event, here are some build photos and more… Link. Related: Robots @ MAKE! – Link. Join the MAKE pool and post our projects! – Link.
Wow, these are pretty good projects for Halloween get togethers from Modern Mechanix 1934, the “moo cans” (2nd page) and the exploding trash can are my faves… – Link.
Our pal Greg from DIY live sent in this article he wrote trying to differentiate the difference between AC and DC motors and generators – “I ran across some cool pages while studying about AC vs. DC motors. I was interested in taking a small DC motor, and connecting a propeller to it. I want […]
ThinkGeek has a pretty cool robot that works with Macs/PCs/Linux and the robot firmware source code, written in GNUARM-compatible C, is available under open source (GPL) release – “Explore the dangerous terrain of your home or office with the SRV-1 Mobile Robot. This palm sized bot packs tank-like treads, a 32-bit ARM processor and a […]
Did you know that the MAKE Controller can easily drive a floppy disk head positioning stepper motor? Yup, it can – Nelson is kicking butt with a new MAKE controller project and shows you how, he writes – “This is the second in a series of postings about the Makezine controller. The first one was […]
