Justin Hyunh wrote in to share this cool project he and Chris Ladden built: a tweeting anti-shark laser security system! A laser pointer shines on a light sensor. An Arduino detects a low reading from the sensor and uses a BeagleBoard to send a tweet to @BruceSharkAlert and also sends a text message to Justin’s […]
I love Dane Kouttron’s monster 3D printer! This project documents the re-purposing of a ‘rescued’ 1980’s IBM 7575 SCARA Robot Arm, into a functional 3D ABS printer. The project features some motor upgrades [listed earlier], documentation of encoder positioned motor control feedback theory, the interminglings of EMC2 [Linux CNC], heated workspace construction and a step […]
The official Arduino wifi shield is out, and it’s kinda sexy! The Arduino Wifi Shield is finally here! We’ve been working for a while on this new wifi shield for Arduino that is quite different from what you can find already on the market. Instead of just getting the usual pre-made module we decided to […]
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.
Week 5, Weird Science Wednesday at Maker Camp. Learn all about the science of electricity with squishy circuits.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
I love this cool prototyping board Adafruit sells. Bex breaks it down: We now have a way to attach a Raspberry Pi computer to a plastic ‘dish’ with a full-sized breadboard. We designed it carefully to make it as easy as possible to attach and detach the Pi. Since the Pi computer does not have […]
Serious Media Player For geeky people (like me) who want really serious hardware that looks really serious, the Wolverine ESP media player ($329 and up, wolverinedata.com) is about as serious as you can get. Seemingly styled by engineers for the pocket-protector set, you’ll certainly need a pocket protector for this hefty 10-ounce package. The 3.6″ […]
