Make: Live Episode 17: 3D Modeling & Printing (preview video)
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 16 is all about 3D modeling and printing.
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Laser Craze: Nick Leindecker (video)
Nick Leindecker of the Stanford Optical Society shows Laser Craze, a laser cutter that is controlled by two knobs much in the way an Etch a Sketch works. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he allowed attendees to try out his invention on various burnable surfaces, while also showing his LED creations.
PanaVise Packaging Sports Makey Nomination
It was a pleasure to present the Makey awards on the special Make: Live show at World Maker Faire NY 2011. There I met Tom Simpkins, accepting the award for PanaVise, a Reno, NV company that developed a maker’s improvised vise improvement into an accessory for the product – the speed control handle. As Tom handed me the injection molded plastic part I noticed the paper packaging– featuring its “Makey nominated” status.
Hacked Knitting Machine Depicts Cosby’s Face (video)
CRAFT sure had a great time at World Maker Faire last weekend. Here’s a highlight:
Andrew Salomone uses a hacked knitting machine from the 80s to “print” digital images into knitted garments. At World Maker Faire New York 2011, Andrew demonstrates the knitting machine and shows off its creations including a sweater with Bill Cosby’s face.
FTCquel: Mark Edelman (video)
Mark Edelman from NorCalFTC shows the competition area for a yearly teen program in robotics. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, student teams used their engineering and technology skills to pit their creations against one another in the final tech challenge.
Drifting Robot Car – The Latest in Hobby Robotics
Learn how to make a drifting robot car with a few cheap components and some simple code in this tutorial episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics.
The car used in the video is a “Fast Lane RC Monster Drift 1:24″ by Maisto Tech. It’s sold in many webshops and on eBay.
The code shown in the video can be downloaded here: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/28787
Microcontroller used:
PICAXE 08M on AXE230 by Revolution Education (picaxe.com)
Ultra-Sonic Ranger used:
SRF05 by Devantech Ltd (robot-electronics.co.uk)
Tools used:
DSO nano – Pocket size oscilloscope by Seeed Studio (http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKSEEED11&Click=37845)
Simple Servo Tester by Gadget Gangster (gadgetgangster.com)
How to make your very first robot:
http://letsmakerobots.com/start
Letsmakerobots.com on twitter:
http://twitter.com/letsmakerobots
How-To: Drifting Robot Car (video)
Learn how to make a drifting robot car with a few cheap components and some simple code in this tutorial episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics.
