I’ve loved split-flap displays since I first saw one as a kid in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. Since then, I’ve been happy to learn that I’m not the only one who appreciates the beauty of these kinetic information boards. In fact, one sits in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art as part of their […]
Read through PenfoldPlant’s guide to building a large snow sculpture, namely this snow hand, so you’re prepared to get out there and be creative when the next blizzard hits!
Snow is on the minds (and driveways) for us in the northeast, so Johngineer couldn’t help but to cylon-up a lawn tractor snow plow. He writes: Back in September I attended the Open Hardware Summit — Everybody who attended got a swag-bag of goodies. Included among these was a Larson Scanner by Evil Mad Scientist […]
#10 Gyrocar by Matthew Gryczan #9 Medicine Man Glider by Ryan Grosswiler #8 Meat Head by Andy Oakland #7 Jam Jar Jet by William Gurstelle #6 Making a Hard-Shell Mold by Adam Savage #5 Make a Wind Generator by Abe Connally #4 Custom Fit Earbuds by Collin Cunningham #3 The Most Useless Machine by Brett […]
What time is it? If you live in the North East, it’s time to shovel! Then again, maybe it’s time to stay inside and make something? I built the Gakken Edo-Style clock kit from the Maker Shed last week, so now I’ll always know the time. The kit doesn’t include English instructions, but it does […]
One of my side projects has been to develop an open-source visual motion / optical flow sensor that may be usable in all sorts of devices, whether robotic related or not. I’ve found though that one of the most difficult parts of developing tiny vision sensors is finding the right optics. Ideally we want something […]
Garret Mace’s simulator uses an Arduino and three of his creations, a ChronoDot clock module, a ShiftBar RGB LED board, and a Satellite Module to change the color of the moon to match that of the eclipse.
