The Toa Mata Drumbots Return
Italian maker and sound producer Giuseppe Acito returns with his robot percussion band by combining LEGO Bionicle bots, Arduino Uno, and an iPad MIDI sequencer app.
Month: May 2013
How to Collect and Display Insects
In the midst of the current 17-year cicada emergence here on the East Coast, the good folks over at Radiolab have posted an interview with entomologist Dr. Louis Sorkin, in which he describes how to collect and display insect specimens in shadowboxes (or cigar boxes if you want that DIY aesthetic).
How-To: Collect and Display Insects
In the midst of the current 17-year cicada emergence here on the East coast, the good folks over at Radiolab have posted an interview with Dr. Louis Sorkin, in which he describes how to collect and display insects in shadowboxes (or cigar boxes if you want that DIY aesthetic).
Recipe: Lemon Blueberry Muffin Bread
Shake up your springtime breakfast routine—whip up a delicious loaf of lemon blueberry muffin bread!
Use an Op Amp to Make a Self-Dimming Night Light
On Make: Projects, Jason Poel Smith uses a pair of LM741 op amps to build an self-dimming night light that turns itself off after a period of time so you don’t waste electricity. The timer is made from a 741 op amp (operational amplifier) wired as a comparator. It compares the voltage across a capacitor […]
How-To: Light-Up Chameleon Scarf That Matches Any Outfit
Wouldn’t it be cool if your accessories could automatically change color to match your outfit? Turns out, with this new chameleon scarf project from Adafruit, they can!
Lost PLA Casting from 3D Prints
Jeshua Lacock recounted his experience of casting metal parts directly from 3D Printed PLA with a fantastic photo-filled writeup and video. He prints the part with his Ultimaker and pours mold material around it before letting it set. After the mold hardens, it’s placed in his homemade furnace to melt away the PLA, leaving a beautiful female mold behind, into which he can pour molten metal.
