Georgia Tech’s MacGyver Bot Will Use Found Objects to Solve Problems
Researchers at Georgia Tech are working on a fascinating robot based on MacGuyver’s character in the eponymous television series.
Researchers at Georgia Tech are working on a fascinating robot based on MacGuyver’s character in the eponymous television series.
Colin Karpfinger gave a lecture at his alma mater’s microcontroller class and gave them donated equipmement to help inspire and motivate them to learn.
Are you bummed you couldn’t get to Maker Faire New York to get a Raspberry Pi? Don’t fret, they are now available online in the Maker Shed!
Do you think the Netduino is simply an Arduino that’s internet capable? You’d be wrong! Find out all about this ARM powered, .NET programmable microcontroller with the Maker Shed’s Getting Started with Netduino Kit.
Mats Engstrom’s nixie clock displays one digit at a time and doesn’t use a PCB.
Everybody’s favorite bipedal cephalopod, Admiral Ackbar, is faithfully recreated in animatronic detail by Tom Cuthbert and Daniel Valdez. The head and arms are cast in rubber and outfitted with hardware to control facial expressions.
Mathematica creator Stephen Wolfram gave a talk at World Maker Faire New York 2012, but his 13-year-old son Christopher stole the show by doing some Mathematica programming on the fly to control a quadricopter.