Pixy — teaching micro-controller boards to see
Now in the closing few days of its Kickstarter campaign the Pixy camera board isn’t just another camera, it’s a “smart” vision sensor.
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Turn Drawings Into Sound With the Drawdio Musical Pencil
Drawdio is a simple electronic sound synthesizer build onto a pencil! The Drawdio circuit plays a musical tone with a frequency that varies based on the resistance between two points. When you hold the Drawdio in your hand, your body becomes part of the resistive loop, and you can do all kinds of fun tricks, like draw yourself a piano and play a little tune.
Robots Past and Present
Robots have been a big part of Maker Faire from the beginning. Check out Maker Faire robots from 2008 to today.
The Arduino Yún 云 is Now Available
Announced earlier in the year at Maker Faire Bay Area the Arduino Yún, the first Linux-based Arduino board, is now available for purchase at a cost of €52 (approximately $69) from the Arduino store.
Building EV3RSTORM, Mindstorms’ Flagship Robot
EV3RSTORM is the name of Lego Mindstorms EV3’s signature humanoid robot… as in, the one that decorates the front of a rather pricey package. It goes without saying, then, that Lego put a lot of work into the model.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Remote Tripwire Alarm
A tripwire is one of the most basic ways to set up a simple security system. You run a line across a pathway. Then when someone walks through the line, it activates an alarm. This kind of system is easy to set up and is fairly effective. But there is always room for improvement.
Videos of Boing Boing’s First Hack Day
Here are working prototypes of devices that use data generated by OpenXC, an open source platform developed by Ford that allows people to connect Arduinos, tablets, and smartphones to streams of data being generated by a vehicles.
