Meet Exuro, The Arduino-Brained Kinect-Tracking Flame-Shooting Bot
The robot Exuro is driven with Python, controlled with Arduino, tracking with Kinect, and best of all shoots fire every time someone donates to The Crucible in Oakland, CA.
The robot Exuro is driven with Python, controlled with Arduino, tracking with Kinect, and best of all shoots fire every time someone donates to The Crucible in Oakland, CA.
Check out what’s new on Make: Projects this week!
The rules of the Dyson car challenge are simple enough. As long as it is powered by the motor found in the Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner, anything goes. And that’s just what happened.
Artist Lorenzo Bravi ran a drawbot class for kids as part of the Minimondi Festival in Parma, Italy. His design uses a battery powered milk frother with pens velcroed to it, making some lovely Spirograph-esque art.
I’ve been writing about DIY electronics for almost four years, and reading about it a lot longer than that, and I can say without hesitation that this freeform headphone amp from Briton Rupert Hirst is the best-looking homemade device I’ve seen in all that time. I see a lot of projects that are longer on technical skill and shorter on design and aesthetics, and its nice to see someone making waves by taking the opposite approach.
As we continue to countdown to Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place on May 19 and 20 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, we’re continually amazed by the variety of projects that will be on display. Whatever stripe of maker you are, this is one event you will not want to miss. Truly the greatest and […]
Jie Qi, from Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group, took a synthesizer and distilled it into a compact, no-frills interface. About the size of an audio cassette, it has setting for multiple tones, looping ability, and five note polyphony. The sound has an 8 bit feel to it, but the real magic is in how it’s controlled They packed a ton of functionality into a small space, including the ability to share tracks with friends.