Making Fun | PiLarm: How to Build a Raspberry Pi Room Alarm
How to build a versatile, all-in-one, Internet-connected alarm system using a Raspberry Pi.
Technology
Seeed Studio’s Arduino Phone
What do you get when you add a touchscreen shield and a GPRS shield to an Arduino Uno? A phone!
Lego Mindstorms EV3 Source Code Available
Hackers are chomping at the bit to tinker around under the hood of the new Lego Mindstorms microcontroller brick, the EV3, which packs an ARM9-based processor running Linux.
Using NeverWet to Protect Electronics
Last month we covered NeverWet, a chemical sold by Rust-Oleum that you can apply to stuff to make it resist water. Now, Adafruit has taken it to the next level by coating various electronics including one of MAKE alumna Becky Stern’s projects, the Flora bike helmet.
Maker Hangar Episode 8: Electric Parts
Maker Hangar is a 15-part video series by Lucas Weakley. In Episode 8 of Maker Hangar, Lucas Weakley shows us all the parts he chose to go on the Maker Trainer! We also learn how to solder the different R/C connectors onto the ESC. Lucas also goes over how to connect all the wires together […]
A Drone of One’s Own
Our take on five commercial quadrotors ranging from toys to tools.
3D Printing Shootout Weekend Returns!
MAKE is excited to announce that our second 3D Printing Shootout Weekend will be held this Friday, Aug, 2 through Sunday, Aug. 4. This year the testing is bigger than ever with a team of 15 testers carefully reviewing 21 printers of all makes and models. The results of the testing will be featured in the buying guide section of MAKE’s forthcoming special 3D printing issue available in mid-November.
