John Park builds some lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Starting with a simple vibrabot made from a scrub brush, John assembles a solar junkbot and a slightly more complex beetlebot, which has paper clip ‘feelers’ attached to switches that allow it to respond to its environment. All it takes are a few common electronic components […]
Check out the details for the Mini Robots that John Park builds in the Maker Workshop. Building small bots is lots of fun, and this project provides an excellent intro to the low-tech, hacker-friendly world of BEAM robotics. Give these builds a try, and let us know how they turned out. We’d love to hear […]
In this Hidden Treasures segment, Mister Jalopy reveals the wonders of a Skippy Peanut Butter jar he bought at a garage sale that is chockfull of a kid’s treasures circa the 1950’s. Get the m4v, subscribe in iTunes, watch on YouTube or Blip.
Make: television presents: Uber Tuber – Zack Gens and Ted Groessling slice and French fry potatoes with each blast of an air cannon. Freeline Skates – Ryan Farrelly’s skates are made to simply step on and ride like two mini-skateboards. Asteroids Watch – John Maushamer’s watches tell time while playing Asteroids and Pong. Motorized Wheelchair […]
The first time I saw a Thing-a-ma Kit in person was at the Bent Festival in NYC. Ever since then I have wanted to build one for myself. That was about a year ago, and I finally have the opportunity to put one together. I was surprised at how many parts there are in the […]
I’m converting a Twitchie kit into a finger-controlled robot arm. I built a little servo breakout on some perfboard, and added pin headers to plug a flex sensor into it, making a voltage divider circuit for the Arduino. This means the angle of the servos changes (rapidly!) as you bend the sensor. I’ll be attaching […]
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