Boy Scout Adam Cole of Orlando, FL, used a PS3 Eye cam, laser pointer, Arduino, and a Processing sketch to create an instant replay system for pinewood derby races, to fulfill a requirement for his Inventing Merit Badge. Adam has been working on his Inventing Merit Badge since last summer. We discussed potential “problems” and […]
A great how-to from our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: “A hack-box to go, filled with interconnects, LEDs, and love. Because, what better way to say I love you, than with the gift of electronics?” Make a Heart-Shaped Hack Box
Nick Yulman, of NY Soundworks, recently debuted debuted his Index Boogie performance piece at PS1. The piece consists of various solenoid-powered noise makers, which Yulman calls either “Surface Poppers” or “Drum Beaters”. They’re designed to be modular music devices that can easily be mated to virtually any inanimate object.
The Membrane Matrix Keypad, available in the Maker Shed, has 12 buttons arranged in a telephone-line 3×4 grid. It’s made of a thin, flexible membrane material with an adhesive backing (just remove the paper) so you can attach it to nearly anything.
Tobias Sonne of Carnegie Mellon devised suspenders equipped with stretch sensors that detect differences in resistance depending on the user’s posture. If there is not enough stretch in the suspenders, a buzzer gives haptic feedback, alerting the user to sit up straight.
A slick alternative to winding your shoulder strap around your wrist when using your DSLR is this nifty wrist strap from Being Geek Chic’s Elizabeth Giorgi. Her simple design allows you to turn almost any piece of fabric into a handy wrist strap suitable for tethering cameras that are a little larger than your average point and shoot.
Do you want to make a web-enabled on / off switch for that power hungry RAID array living in your closet? Or maybe you want to build your very own version of the Twittering Cat Toy? Then you should check out the Arduino Ethernet Shield from the Maker Shed!
