Matthew Karas sent us a hack for creating an iGoogle homepage interface for physical measurement devices. Using an Arduino and a python script, he found a clever way to send real-time sensor data to a Google Gadget, and it doesn’t even require having a web server. I managed to hack up an arduino to upload […]
Begging for a remake, ThinkGeek sells this drum kit shirt with actuators for each of the different drum sounds and a speaker right on the shirt. Via Buzzfeed.
Okay, we don’t do a lot of promotions or discounts at the Maker Shed, but last month we ran a “Dog Days of Summer” promo. A ton of you responded gleefully. But some folks cried foul because you were squeezing in that last week of vacation before school started and you missed it. Fair enough. […]
Captain-ahab writes- Last week I dropped my new iphone 3G in the Farmington River. It’s become a very expensive paperweight so tonight I figured I’d get some use out of it. Seeing it was the river that took it from me, it’s gonna at least catch me some fish. Thanks Jonathan! I can imagine some […]
The Handcar Regatta at the Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, CA is happening this Sunday, September 28. Come by our Make Mobile where you can say hi to the peeps at CRAFT & MAKE! The public is encouraged to form teams of up to four creative people to build and race your own rail-bound, human […]
(Illustration by Nate Van Dyke for Wired) If you read science fiction, you’ll already know who Neal Stephenson is. For those that don’t, suffice it to say that the author of Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, and a considerable fortune of other gems is ranked #1 on Amazon Science Fiction and #74 overall for his new […]
Off the (Meat) Hook shows us how to make this hyper-colorful six-layer birthday cake with no-boil frosting. Fun!
