DIY Motel Night Light
Design Sponge always posts the loveliest DIYs and this motel nightlight is the latest.
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Transatlantic Drone Takes to the Sea
The Scout Transatlantic project has broken the world record for the furthest distance traveled by an autonomous unmanned boat, and it is just getting started.
The sky is the Limit for Google’s new Project Loon
Recently kids at Maker Camp witnessed a live balloon launch from Google. We can’t help but wonder if Google’s Project Loon will ignite further interest in the DIY and Maker community to unlock new potential for high altitude balloons and what you can do with them. This is an exciting time where space has never been more accessible and it seems that high altitude balloons is one way to get there.
See AeroQuad at World Maker Faire
AeroQuad is a quadcopter project that freely shares its software and hardware, and is controlled by an Arduino Uno or Mega, or alternatively, AeroQuad’s STM32-based flight control board which packs a magnetometer, gyroscope and accelerometer.
Maker Faire Weekend Recap: Albuquerque and Dover
A glimpse of projects and people from this past weekend’s Dover and Albuquerque Mini Maker Faires.
Lego Mindstorms EV3 Most Useless Machine
Laurens Valk built this quick & dirty “most useless machine” with a Lego Mindstorms EV3 set. It consists of a touch sensor acting as a switch and a servo motor resetting the switch every time it’s pulled. It’s a machine with no purpose other than to shut itself off!
Arduino in Math Class
Precalculus is a class that has many opportunities for creative teaching. Since we are a smaller school, there isn’t enough interest in computer science to justify a full class so I try to embed some of these skills into my math classes to help students become ready for the computer heavy careers that may await them.
One way I’ve found to do this is through Arduino. My students had heard of Arduino because we had a few students working on Arduino projects last year, but had never worked with them. They were excited at the opportunity to “play” in math.
