RoboGames is this weekend June 16-18, 2006 in San Fran!! MAKE will have a table at the event, and will be filming! – “Walking androids, soccer robots, art bots, and the best flame-throwing, high-energy, steel-crunching robots in the world come to SF for the annual robot olympics! This year robots from 20 countries return to […]
We visited iRobot last week and took a ton of photos of the evolution of their bots, from the Roomba robot vacuum (with its open interface) to the PackBot – Photo set and MP4 video.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rick020200 writes – “This quick project took five household network devices, plus their power supplies, and stacked them into a nice neat package. You can do the same for as little as $8.” – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member MattGrommes made a $16 DIY meat smoker – “The hotplate sits on the bottom, with the cast-iron pan on top. The grill grate then goes in to hold the food. The grate is smaller than the can so I added some bolts to rest it on. Pretty soon I’m going […]
Here are a few hacks, mods and projects for the Robosapien (version 2) robot – including… a preview of a flame throwing one – [via] – Link. Related: More flame throwing Robosapiens – awesome. Other Robosapien hacks, mods and more – Link. Hack A Robosapien – This maker-friendly bot begs to be opened up. MAKE […]
Will shows you how to add a USB power port to your alarm clock… to charge your gadgets, go 7805! – “Your machine is modded out. It’s got plexi hard drive windows, silent fans ,and it’s half refrigerator. The other appliances are starting to get jealous and it’s time to even the score. In today’s […]
Leevonk has a clever add-on for a “3rd hand” – “An easy way to make your ‘helping hands’ thing 100x more useful for soldering, gluing, and many other things. I’m a little embarassed posting this cause it’s so simple, but people seem to be surprised when I show them this.” – Link. Related: Cool Tool: […]
