Check out the 1mW XBee wireless module with 802.15.4 protocol . It’s really good for point-to-point, and multipoint networks. It really is the easiest way to add wireless communications to your next project. Features Low cost, low-power point-to-multipoint/peer-to-peer networking Fast 250 kbps RF data rate No configuration needed for out-of-the-box RF communications 128-bit AES encryption […]
We’re very excited that our guest this afternoon will be Forrest M. Mims III, the amateur scientist and electronics guru, who wrote the iconic Getting Started in Electronics and the Engineer’s Mini-Notebook series for Radio Shack. Forrest also has a new column in MAKE, The Country Scientist, which premiered in Volume 17. Also, we’ll be […]
Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. We’re looking to showcase “the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.” Crafty makers, this is your chance to share your skills and knowledge with the Bay Area community and […]
Have you seen our bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This one is for any of our online readers that haven’t subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. For a limited time we are offering a “Welcome to MAKE bundle” at an amazing discount. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to […]
Pardon us while we crow a bit. The Brit Insurance Design Awards we posted about earlier were actually handed out last night. We won in the Interactive category! Thanks to everyone who helped make us worthy of note and award-winning, and in the realm of “interactivity,” that would be all of you! This is for […]
Reminder: We are now accepting entries for the Maker Faire Bay Area, May 30 and 31 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. This year’s focus is Re-Make America, inspired by President Obama’s call for all of us to participate in remaking America. We’re looking to showcase “the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.” […]
Introducing: The N-Prize. The what? “The N-Prize is a challenge to launch an impossibly small satellite into orbit on a ludicrously small budget, for a pitifully small cash prize.” First proposed on Halfbakery, the site for cooking up crazy ideas, the N-Prize has now become a serious endeavor. The prize, of £9,999.99 sterling cash, will […]
