5-Minute Necklace Make-Over
A crafty lady loves a quick creative up-grade, so this easy necklace revamp by Refinery 29 is perfect. What a great way to add something new to an old drab piece without having to spend much money or time on it.
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Touch Sensor Workshop with Mark Frauenfelder at Engadget Expand
If you make it to Engadget Expand in New York this weekend, check out Mark Frauenfelder’s workshop Sunday, Nov. 10, from 10-11am. He’ll be making a simple circuit using a 555 timer chip, an LED, and some wire and then creating touch sensor pads by painting them on a piece of paper with conductive ink. Once the paint dries, you hook it all together and watch the LED light up when you complete the circuit by touching the sensor. You will learn how to build the basic electronic circuit as well as tips and tricks for designing your own painted tough sensor.
MOSS: A Simple Magnetic Robotics Kit
MOSS: The Dynamic Robot Construction Kit is a modular robotics kit with magnetic connectors, enabling you to literally snap together a robot in seconds and control it with your smartphone.
Arduino-Controlled Robot Makes Drumbeats With Forks
Vito Caiata got his Arduino to talk to his computer sound card via MIDI, then connected a pull-type solenoid to bang on an improvised drum.
Raspberry Pi “Kitchen” set for Engadget Expand in NYC Nov. 9-10
At the Raspberry Pi Kitchen, Matt Richardson, MAKE contributing editor and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, will host a “make-off” with two teams of four each who will spend the weekend developing a product or device that uses components and tools from the “pantry” as they take the basic “ingredients” and turn out an tasty final product.
Team Skeletonics Shows Their Stuff at Maker Faire Tokyo
Maker Faire Tokyo, which concluded Monday, was big a success. We’ll have a report from the event later today but in the meantime, check out this video of Project Skeletonics’ robot exoskeleton in action.
Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector
The Atmospheric Gas Detector Kit, found in the Makershed, gives you the components needed to detect different kinds of gases. In this episode of “Projects with Ryan Slaugh”, we will go through the steps of setting up the base experiment from the book included with the kit.