Sick Sniffer: Using AI to Detect Fungal Pneumonia
How I built an AI nose that “knows” fungal pneumonia for my 8th grade science fair.
Making Is So Elementary
“The Kids Are Like Me.” Until she got to college, Julie Darling didn’t realize that sitting and listening to teachers wasn’t how she learned best. She didn’t like sitting still. She had to keep her hands moving, if not her body. When she became an educator, she realized that the kids that she was looking […]
This CNC Machine Uses The Sun Instead of a Laser
We’ve all seen people goof around with a magnifying glass in the sun, but this project takes it to a new level. Cranktown City has uploaded this fantastically amusing project that is sure to impress. He built a cnc controlled engraving machine that uses the sun instead of a laser tube. As he explains in […]
Maker Spotlight: Aurora and Helios of Aurora Tech
Meet Aurora and Helios, and check out their in-depth 3D Printer reviews
Pepper’s Scope: What’s Old Is New Again
Sometimes something comes along that really captures your attention, not only because it is cool, but also because it is a clever re-use of things you’ve already considered to be common. Joshua Ellingson’s experiments came up in my twitter timeline recently and I was instantly enamored. Ellingson managed to somehow capture the video output of […]
CAD In Blender Is Here
From what I understand, there have been ways of doing CAD in Blender, but recently CAD Sketcher has been released to the public which really opens up Blender to do some fancy CAD stuff. for those who are unfamiliar, let me break down why this is important. Typically CAD or Computer Aided Drafting has been […]
Chip Shortage: A New Series From Adafruit
It seems we’ve been hearing about this chip shortage for quite some time now. There are articles about various products being delayed, even cars not going into production due to the shortage of electrical components available. I personally know more than one maker who has had to put projects on hold or make major pivots […]