In the Maker Shed: Netduino is back in stock
We just received a new shipment of Netduino micro-controllers in the Maker Shed. What’s a Netduino? Glad you asked! Netduino is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework.
MAKE Podcast
Maker Profile – Watershed Sculptures on Make: television
Journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow branches. Dan places his eco-art in gullies and riverbanks to help reduce erosion and filter out sediment and farm fertilizers that can clog streams and suffocate spawning salmon. And see other manmade structures built to help fish return to their origins.
Learn more about Dan McCormick at http://www.landviews.org/la2003/meaning-dm.html
In the Maker Shed: BlinkRC
The BlinkRC from the Maker Shed replaces your standard remote control receiver in your car, plane, or boat, and allows you to control it with your smart phone.
In the Maker Shed: LED Cube Kit
The LED Cube kit is an animated 3D cube of LEDs made by modifying the MiniPOV! It’s been a popular hack, and now all the parts are available in a kit from the Maker Shed.
Make: Live Episode 04: DIY Musical Instruments (preview video)
Join us Wednesday evening for the fourth episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Collin Cunningham is filling in as cohost this week for Matt Richardson. Make: Live 04 – DIY Musical Instruments Wednesday March 9th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream Please join us in the UStream chat or […]
This Week in Hobby Robotics (pilot)
I’m happy to present the pilot episode of an upcoming weekly MAKE video called This Week in Hobby Robotics, a roundup of interesting things happening in the world of — what else — hobby robotics. It’s hosted by Frits Lyneborg and Rik (no last name, please). Frits (from Denmark), who works professionally in web concept […]
Networked On Air Light for Streaming Broadcasters
In true spirit, Make: Live is very much a DIY production. Instead of tripods, we use zip ties to mount webcams to chairs and we jury rig an old monitor to act as our prompter. Along those lines, I decided to create an on air light to indicate when we’re broadcasting. While I could have […]
