O’Reilly has an awesome ebook and video offer today ONLY, featuring O’Reilly’s Arduino titles, including MAKE’s own Getting Started with Arduino, Getting Started with Processing, and our brand spankin’ new Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets (which you’ll be hearing a lot more about soon). Everything is 50% off! The DotD also includes an awesome Maker […]
Our Galvanic Skin Response Kit (aka Truth Meter Kit) includes everything you need to build the Truth Meter circuit featured in Make Volume 26. See what happens when someone asks you questions or when you laugh or get surprised. Everyone responds a little differently. Try it on your friends, acquaintances, or adversaries. It’s a great […]
If you’ve ever struggled to locate the center of a circular plate or a piece of round stock using a ruler or a square, you know it can be a tricky proposition. My usual ham-fisted method involves marking the midpoint of several diameters and kind of visually averaging all those sloppy centers to get roughly in the middle of the thing. If I need more accuracy, I try to sandwich the circle between two framing squares and then draw lines between opposing corners–lines which, at least in theory, should bisect each corner at 45 degrees and intersect in the middle of the circumscribed circle. In theory.
This interactive resume by Victor Petit encourages the reader to explore further by incorporating a QR code and iPhone 4 in a unique and interesting way.
You know those wire-actuated sky cameras they use to capture aerial footage of sporting events in large stadiums? Turns out that type of motion-control platform is called a “wirebot,” and our fabulous guest author Riley Porter has just posted a very cool Arduino-based build of a small scale wirebot motion control platform on a PVC frame.
Ian Sharpe made this lovely custom scrolling LED display as an Easter present for his girlfriend, Claire: “Based on a first-generation 1970s HP seven segment LED display that I was given. I loved the retro feel and decided to make a proper gadget with it. Presentation box in background made from printouts of the PCB layout.”
The Getting Started with Arduino kit V2.0 from the Maker Shed includes everything you need to join the tens of thousands of engineers, designers, artists and hobbyists who have discovered this incredible and educational prototyping platform. We include an Arduino UNO, the incredibly popular Getting Started with Arduino Book by Massimo Bansi, and all the […]
