Scott, Blair, and Bob of the USS Nokomis Star Trek fan club, who also frequent Minneapolis’ Hack Factory, built this control panel for a local science fiction convention. It’s powered by an Arduino, which controls the lights and buttons, and a RasPi, which manages the sound. The Arduino also scans the bank of 8 switches […]
Today is Raspberry Pi day on Maker Camp. What’s Raspberry Pi? It’s a cheap but powerful little computer that you can use to power in any number of projects. Matt Richardson, MAKE contributing editor and co-author of Getting Started With Raspberry Pi, will be today’s special guest. He’ll offer a primer in the Pi and talk about a few of his favorite projects.
What happens if you buy a MaKey MaKey interface board for your kids, can’t find any suitable games, and want an excuse to hack something together with the Loom Game Engine? Whack-A-Mole, with potatoes!
Interaction designer Jasper van Loenen created a kit for turning everyday objects into drones. He 3D printed clamping mounts for four motors and an enclosure for all the electronics (4 ESCs, a receiver, bluetooth module, and OpenPilot CC3D control board). By clamping the kit to, say, a bike wheel, you can turn it into a drone!
How often do you see a magician building his own monkeybot assistant using cork, wire, and an Arduino? That’s Mario the Magician, and after receiving rave reviews, filmmaker Kal Toth is looking for funding to take his short (11-minute) film about Mario and turn it into a feature-length documentary.
It’s not only a matter of launching a new product. It’s important to share a story of how a passion for tinkering is helping us explore new, unexpected roads.
Feel the equality love on your feet with these fun DIY Rainbow Shoes by Threadbanger.
