Kits

The AVRkitCar from Phenostream

The AVRkitCar from Phenostream

Here’s a kit company, called Phenostream, we’ve never heard of before offering an interesting-looking and very inexpensive AVR-based robot kit. As you can see from the photo, the AVRkitCar is very tiny. It sells for CDN$85, which is around US$70. I’ll see if I can’t get an evaluation unit from them and do a full-blown […]

Make: television Episode 6

A look back on Episode 6 of Make: television. Individual segments after the jump. Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who fashions experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. In the Workshop John Park assembles a portable trebuchet from plastic plumbing pipe, and circuit bender Bianca Pettis demystifies the art of soldering. The […]

Fabric bend sensor kit

Hanna Perner-Wilson just released a kit version of her fabric bend sensor– everything you need to make one yourself! This is a kit, meaning that it comes unassembled and requires you to have tools and some regular sewing thread as well as about half an hour time for completion. This kit contains: * Two 2 […]

Weekend Project: The Stealth Mic

Make a set of sneaky earbuds that record what you hear. They create a binaural effect when played back wearing headphones. Thanks go to Bill Byrne for the original article in MAKE, Volume 17. To download The Stealth Mic MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Stealth Mic article in MAKE, […]