An Arduino-Powered Laser Engraver That You Can Build
A teenage maker created this impressive laser engraver for around $220
Create a Custom Bokeh for Crazy Cool Photo Effects
Create bokeh in whatever shape you want with 3D printed lens cover.
Egyptian Censorship Board Closes Cairo Hackerspace
Makerspaces play a big role in fostering community. Cairo Hackerspace was recently shut down, but co-founder Tarek Omar remains optimistic.
Build a Modern Bench With Cardboard Tubes
Learn how to create a unique bench using plywood, a 2″×6″, and cardboard tubes recycled from a large format printer.
Adafruit Flora
The Adafruit Flora was developed specifically for wearables projects, and has 14 sewing tap pads for connecting conductive thread to your components. It features an onboard battery connector and a 2A power FET, making it easy to add portable power (and plenty of it). With so much power, the Flora is perfect for controlling large […]
Nvidia Jetson TK1
The graphics processor onboard this power-packed 2.32GHz quadcore development board, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC flash storage, is great for computer vision tasks on autonomous robotics. The NVIDIA Jetson TK1 powerful GPU, with an astonishing 192 CUDA cores (Compute Unified Device Architecture), allows non-graphics software tasks to be offloaded onto the GPU. […]
PJRC Teensy 3.2
While it looks small, the PJRC Teensy can perform some pretty impressive feats. In addition to its 34 digital I/O pins, there are adaptors available for audio output, LED matrices, and more. It’s also Arduino compatible, so after downloading the driver, you can program it using the Arduino IDE you know and love.