MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Technology
Dale Dougherty and Alasdair Allan Talk Arduino/iPhone
Alasdair Allan, author of Learning iPhone Programming, Programming iPhone Sensors, and iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino (available along with the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS) sat down with MAKE’s Dale Dougherty to talk about getting iOS devices and Arduino talking to each other. (video link) Dale and Alasdair are just two of your […]
RobotGrrl Interview
I loved this interview with kickass robot builder RobotGrrl by Robot Dreams. [via Adafruit]
Mindstorms Bottle Opener
R.J. McNamara built this great Mindstorms bottle opener: I decided to tackle building LEGO Mindstorms NXT Bottle Openers… The task turned out to be somewhat more difficult than I envisioned. The most difficult part by far was the Gripper Mechanisms, as they had to securely hold the Bottle and it’s cap in a manner that […]
New and Awesome on Make: Projects
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DIY Cellphone
Getting hands-on with your cellphone just got a heck of a lot easier. Folks at MIT’s High-Low Tech group have assembled a very handsome DIY cellphone from about $150 in easily sourced parts.
Voice-Controlled Wheelchair Prototype
Lego builder Yaya Lu created a prototype voice-controlled wheelchair out of Lego Mindstorms NXT elements, along with such 3rd party add-ons as Rotacaster omniwheels and a Dexter Industriues NXTBee module. One of the problems with voice command systems is that the voice commands will be different for each of the approximately 7,000 languages used on […]