Try Not to Have a Heart Attack While Watching This Egg/Pendulum Dance
It’s just an egg, placed in a vulnerable position. “I thought it would be fun to pit a large metal machine against a small fragile object,” says Mendoza.
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Slap Yourself Awake with This Ridiculous “Wake-Up Machine” Alarm Clock
Swedish tech artist and comedienne Simone Giertz tries her hand at creating the most annoying alarm clock possible
Hack an Old DC Motor to Provide Rotary Input
Watch a Redditor share how he hacked a DC motor and hooked it up to an Arduino to use as an encoder.
This Backlit Display is Like a Word Clock for Weather
Riffing off of the word clock idea, this Maker created a backlit display for the local weather forecast.
This Cereal-Stealing Robot Will Swipe Your Breakfast
One Maker’s experiment in robotics results in an insatiable cereal transport system using Arduino, 3D printing, and Rice Krispies.
Built from Scrap: This CNC Machine Was Made for $160
German Maker, Norbert Heinz, shows how to create a homemade CNC mill using inexpensive chipboard and repurposed computer CD drives.
Arduino Software Update Introduces Command-Line Tool, Serial Data Plotter
Arduino releases version 1.6.6 of their IDE software, adding new tools and features for programming Arduino-compatible microcontrollers.
