In this project, I show you how you can make a simple intercom system from a pair of old corded telephones. The phones already have all the circuitry that is needed for processing a voice call.
Inspired by Nest, Spark Labs and Adafruit Industries are releasing their own open-source smart thermostat projects.
Using Galileo, Intel’s new Arduino-compatible board, you can create a display in your home to track the number of days until MAKE hits newsstands.
In ten years’ time, every piece of clothing you own, every piece of jewellery you wear, and every thing you carry with you will be measuring, weighing and calculating your life. In ten years, the world—your world—will be full of sensors. But there’s a problem.
Monday, Feb. 3, MAKE kicks off a week of projects, news, articles, and inspiration all about the “connected home”, how the Internet of Things and smart appliances are connecting us in new ways to where where we live, eat, and sleep. We’ll also be running a contest for the best connected home project.
At CES, I was able to take a video of the CubeJet, a flexible, full color printer. So far, the other full color 3D printing options are the Mcor Iris and the ZPrinter.
Leif Ristroph and Stephen Childress from New York University have just released work with a new robotic ornithopter with a biomechanical design based not on traditional insects or birds, but rather on the aquatic jellyfish.
