Wired Italy’s Video Profile of Arduino Co-Creator Massimo Banzi
The Braun Lectron was Arduino co-creator Massimo Banzi’s “Rosebud.”
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Hexy the Hexapod now in the Maker Shed
What has 6 legs, 19 servos, an Arduino for brains, and ultrasonic sensor eyes? It’s Hexy the Hexapod robot from Arcbotics, and it’s available in the Maker Shed just in time for the Holidays.
Maker Faire Tokyo 2012 report from Yattar TV
An interview with the creator of the Transformer from Brave Robotics.
AirHarp for Leap Controller
The Leap Motion 3D controller is gearing up for general availability, but some developers have already started creating interesting interactive apps for the device. Check out developer Andy Summers’ AirHarp app that takes advantage of the Leap’s accuracy to produce an expressive music app. [via Synthtopia]
Face-Tracking Lamp
Pinokio was created by Shanshan Zhou, Adam Ben-Dror, and Joss Doggett with Processing, an Arduino, and OpenCV. Lamp is an exploration into the expressive and behavioural potentials of robotic computing. Customized computer code and electronic circuit design imbues Lamp with the ability to be aware of its environment, especially people, and to expresses a […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Give the Gift of Bot
Now I spread my end effectors a little wider to cover other robot-related goodies available this holiday. This is not a comprehensive guide, just some of the robots that have caught my eye or struck my fancy over the past year.
MAKE Asks: Raspberry Pi Projects
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.