Bre has really outdone himself this week! See a phone get harpooned! “When Pablos and 3ric Johanson called me up and invited me to see their robot, I had no idea what they were on about or that this visit would be the demise of my slim cellphone. Working together like mad scientists, these guys […]
New video! Bre writes – Bre and his friend Cielito hung out in Ajay‘s car with voice controlled functionality. His speech recognition system is set it up with 4 mics, two of which capture his voice and the other two cancel noise interference. With the windows wide open in traffic, Ajay was able to boss […]
Bre from I Make Things sent some electrons our way with another installment of the “I Make Things video” podcast! “While in Austin for a weekend of SXSW adventures, I had the chance to hang out with Seven, who’s a maker interested in exploring a wide variety of innovative projects. Recently he’s been making musical […]
Bre sent in the latest video interview for our weekly MAKE VIDEO PODCAST feature – “RFID stands for Radio Frequency IDentification. I met up with a bunch of RFID innovators at the Seattle Dorkbot Gathering at the COCA art gallery. These folks are implanting RFID chips into their bodies and making cool projects that they […]
At Etech I’m going to have a couple Roombas, one will run programs and zip around on its own, the other will be controlled by a PC via Bluetooth. Here’s a video of a quick test before I packed one of them away – Link (MP4). Right after Etech – the bots and their meat […]
In MAKE 05, we show you how to make your own soda bottle rocket so you can start your own rocket program even if you’re not Burt Rutan. With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. Here’s a video of author Steve Lodefink and his 4-year-old son Ivan launching theirs. Click here to get the video delivered automatically with iTunes. This video (MP4) will play on PC/Mac/Linux/PSPs and iPod video devices.
Bruce Stewart, editor of the new ETel site, joins The Distributing the Future Podcast for a look back at the highlights from last week’s O’Reilly Emerging Telephony conference. Josh Kinberg shows you how easy it is to get started with video blogging and what to expect if you just want to watch some good ones. Bruno Souza continues his look at open source in Brazil. Link. MP3.
