This 300-step Rube Goldberg Machine claims the world’s record: The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 300-step behemoth that flawlessly accomplished the simple task of blowing up and popping a balloon – setting the new world record for the Largest functional Rube Goldberg […]
As first reported on MacRumors, AT&T has begun unlocking iPhones for customers who: Have an account in good standing Have an iPhone that’s not currently under an active term commitment I’ve got an iPhone 3GS and AT&T service that meets both requirements, so as soon as I’d gotten my fill of Easter chocolate, I hopped […]
We’ve seen lots of cool Atari Punk Consoles here, over the years, but this rainbow-buttoned build from Peter, in San Diego, is an especially attractive specimen. Click through to the MAKE Flickr pool, below, to see and hear it in action. atari punk console in a fruit cake tin More: Collin’s Lab: Atari Punk Console […]
Folks who are deafblind traditionally focus on physical contact to communicate and use a verbose form of signing called Lorm. In an attempt to facilitate fast, casual conversation, and general mobility, researchers at Berlin’s Design Research Lab built the Mobile Lorm Glove to facilitate two-way digital communication.
You’ve got your sushi in my robot. You’ve got your robot in my sushi.
AFOL Simon Primordial Greeble of Toronto, ON, built this sweet depiction of Asimov’s legendary Three Laws: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict […]
It’s National Robotics Week — do you know where your robotic minions are? All this week, we’ll be featuring some of our favorite robots, robot technologies, and past robot projects from the magazine and online.
