I attended the NYC Hack and Tell Meetup last night and saw Lee Felarca give demonstrations of his “work in progress” Kinect hacks. Using openFrameworks, and written in C++, Lee said he was mostly just interested in learning C++ – some filters he wrote include explosions (above), alpha trails, particle emitter, and strobe.
One of my favorite projects of Maker Faire this May was Store Front Music, a wonderful interactive installation that L.A. hackerspace CRASH Space created for the Take On The Machine challenge of 2010 (watch these vidoes for more information: part one and part two). Store Front Music consists of solenoids triggered by ultrasonic sensors, allowing […]
Shown here is a later-stage prototype in engineer and hobby roboticist Xander Soldaat’s development of a Lego holonomic drive platform using native Lego system components for the omnidirectional wheels.
Tired of Arduino shields that only do one thing? Wish there was something with lots of functions to play with? The 7-Segment Shield from the Maker Shed is just what you need. It features a 4 digit 7 segment LED display, an RGB LED, a blue LED and temperature sensor.
Gareth’s 2010 post about Petaluma, CA, propmaker Shawn Thorsson’s insane HALO costumes was one of our ten most-trafficked posts of the year, so when Shawn sends in a link, we sit up and take notice. This time it’s a ray gun propcasting project featuring one of the pistols from Mass Effect 2. Among other clever tricks, Shawn shows you how to recycle old, cured molds to use as filler when making new ones, thereby saving on expensive silicone.
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 12 is all about DIY robots to celebrate the upcoming release of MAKE Volume 27.
MinM, from the Maker Shed, is a tiny smart LED that’s designed for wearable technologies, UAVs and handheld devices. It has all the features of its bigger brother, the BlinkM but in a smaller package.
