The BBot 2.0 is a dual-axis self-balancing inverted pendulum robot that can be controlled via Bluetooth & uses high-current motor drivers. Brody has more on the site and also boards for sale… [via] – Link. Check out the baby steps video too. Related: Robotics @ MAKE – Link.
Every time Apple releases a tiny music player, someone makes their own DIY headphone project with the iPod built in, here’s the latest one with the shuffle II from Adam… [via] – Link. Related: DIY Shuffle headphones – Link. MP3 headphones – Link. Shufflephones 1.0 – Old Skool Edition – Link. Shuffle Headphones – Link.
Nat writes – “Margaret Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring has added a new flickr photoset of the latest addition to the IFF Crochet Coral Reef – the Urchin + Anemone Garden. Take a look at some of the amazing craftwork and artistry. Pictured here are crochet sea urchins.” [via] – Link. Related: Hyperbolic Ring […]
DangerouslyFun shows you how to make a fairly safe cardboard stool – “This project ranks low on the danger scale, but it is still fun and may impress your guests. The stool is two feet tall and has been tested by humans up to 200 lbs. You should be able to find large sheets of […]
Todbot writes – “The Arduino’s USB port is actually a serial port in disguise. To your computer it appears as a ‘virtual’ serial port. This is good news if you want to write custom code on your computer to talk with the Arduino, as talking to serial ports is a well-solved problem. (Unfortunately, so well-solved […]
This is really nice, $225 is a little pricey though… – Link. Neat idea, not a bad gift for science-y giftee and not so hard to make, you can do it yourself – just need some wire (wrap it figure 8 around two tubes at a time). You can get the test tubes 3 for […]
Brady writes – “Just a quick reminder, that tomorrow night is the first Ignite Seattle from O’Reilly Radar and Make. We have over 25 speakers planned, a popsicle-stick bridge-building contest and Werewolf. We have speakers lined up from Amazon, Ontela, UW, Microsoft, MySQL, some independents, and a slew of startups. Topics range from “Dorkbot” to […]
