A Spinning POV Hard Drive Platter Clock
This piece takes upcycling to the next level.
Technology
Drop Tester for Smart Phone Protective Film
Have you seen this impressive video that shows what happens when you drop a steel ball onto a piece of Gorilla Glass 2 (used in the display of many smart phones, including the iPhone) with and without the protection of a clear polymer material called Rhino Shield? Rhino Shield was developed at Evolutive Labs, a Cambridge […]
WaterColorBot Goes Into Production
Evil Mad Science’s WaterColorBot has gone into production, meaning its design–at least for this production run–has been finalized.
Crowdsourcing Prosthetics
It takes a global village. Companies, non-profits organizations and individuals get together to crowdsource prosthetics by sharing innovation, 3D print manufacturing and funding with the Make The World: Prosthetics program Oct.
The Thing System aims to Revolutionize Home Automation
The Thing System seeks to not only obey your commands, but communicate amongst its own devices.
Jamming out on Electronic Traditional Indian Instruments
Sound Labs creates electronic versions of traditional Indian instruments.
Making Fun: Computer Vision Hair Trimmer
Part of what makes me a maker is that I prefer to do things myself when I can, including cutting my own hair. The tricky part, though, is cutting a good line across the back of the neck. I set out to build a trimmer that I could blindly run up and down the back of my neck, and have a computer vision system automatically turn the trimmer on or off in accordance with its position.