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After a delay from hurricane Sandy, MaKey MaKeys have arrived in the Maker Shed! In case you haven’t heard, the MaKey MaKey is a Arduino based interface for computer interaction. It lets you to turn nearly any somewhat conductive object (like oranges, bacon, or your labradoodle) into a keyboard key.
Data lovers, this week Make: Projects community member Mike Westerfield shared a pair of intriguing how-tos detailing how to fly a TI SensorTag and an iPhone on a model rocket to find acceleration, rotation, and pressure, then collect and analyze the data using a Bluetooth link to the iPhone and techBASIC.
Roger Johnston is head the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory. He and his colleagues recently launched security attacks on electronic voting machines to demonstrate how easy it is to steal votes. Conclusion: It’s really easy. And cheap.
We made this is in response to a quip by MAKE founder Dale Dougherty, when he saw Marketing Coordinator Meg Mason’s beagle, Bella, looking… well, bored.
The folks over at iFixit go the extra mile to bring you the Microsoft Surface Tablet Teardown. Not your average piece of hardware, the Microsoft Surface is a slim entry into the already bloated tablet market–though a release that was eagerly anticipated and met with great enthusiasm. Getting inside the svelte confines of Surface enclosure proved to be and arduous task deftly performed by iFixIt’s crack team of teardown experts.
512MB Raspberry Pi Model B Version 2.0s have just arrived in the Maker Shed! This is the newest model that was released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation on October 15h. It’s available for purchase today and ships out immediately.
Tangible interface researcher Andrea Bianchi, along with his colleague, Ian Oakley (University of Madeira / Carnegie Mellon Europe), have come with a novel approach to interacting with a mobile device. Using the magnetometer built into most modern smartphones, Bianchi and Oakley have created a series of tangible user interface demonstrations that go beyond what’s achievable with capacitive touch displays.
