Know someone who really wants to get into electronics? Check out the Make: Electronics book and the companion Components Packs! Make: Electronics by author Charles Platt is a well written book that uses hands on experiments that build on each other.
Science communication designer David Harris wanted to make a unique toy for his nephew Charlie, who was born with cerebral palsy. Charlie’s vision is poor but he’s very tactile and auditory, so David designed a location-aware teddy bear that reads RFID tags and plays different customizable sounds depending on where it is or what object […]
The next episode of Make: Live is all about kits! Go to https://makezine.com/live to watch the show live on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. And we want to hear your opinion about the show. Fill out this survey and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Maker Shed gift certificate and 1-year subscription to MAKE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XJZL8M5
The New Arduino UNO Revision 3 has arrived in the Maker Shed! This is a refresh of the wildly popular Arduino UNO that has been updated to allow for for additional functionality and future shields.
Make: Live‘s Hackerspace Roadshow takes you on a virtual journey to hackerspaces around the globe. Above, makers from NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, NY demo their projects including an Inspector Gadget inspired pop up book, a TV-B-Gone NES Light Gun, remote controlled HAM radio base station, and stylish RFID-blocking wallets. Subscribe to the Make: Live Podcast […]
The BeagleBoard BeagleBone has just arrived in the Maker Shed in limited quantities. It’s a low cost, high-expansion, hardware-hacker focused BeagleBoard for people that love embedded Linux systems. Basically a bare bones BeagleBoard, it can run all by itself or act as a USB or Ethernet connected expansion for your current computer or BeagleBoard.
On a visit to the Heidelberg Project outdoor art installation in Detroit, we happened across longtime Detroit resident and artist Tim Burke. Tim filled us in on the tragedy of, and artistic opportunity in, the destruction of some of Detroit’s most interesting and historic buildings. In addition to losing architectural landmarks, artworks within these buildings are also lost.
