Death Star Gown
With a Star Destroyer handbag in tow, this is more than a gown, it’s a walking re-enactment of fictional cosmic warfare!
Technology
3D-Printed Smart Watch Wins Our Arduino Challenge, Heading to Maker Faire Rome
Arduino-compatible brain, Bluetooth LE connectivity, 3D-printed case, and open-source design.
Growing Grit: My 8th Grade Garduino Project
Making a self-maintained, Arduino-based garden helped with instilling “grit,” the trait of not giving up when you hit obstacles.
Monitor the Health & Vitality of Your Home Garden with Weekend Projects
Two Weekend Projects from our archives are ideal for challenging makers to hack their houseplants and collect data from their garden.
Building Up to Maker Faire, Shawn Thorsson Brings ED-209 to Life: Part 5 — Rotocasting
Hollow resin castings for Robocop’s worst nightmare
Circuit Bending Winner Chases the Spirit of Moog
The victor of this year’s Moogfest circuit bending competition is George Gleixner.
The Centurion Project: LED Helmet
7 meters of RGB LEDs crammed onto a centurion’s helmet? It makes perfect sense once you see it in action. When you’re a creative developer with a name like Roman, you’re bound to find yourself recreating things from antiquity. Roman Porry found his inevitable foray into ancient Roman culture resulted in this interactive centurion helmet. […]