Here’s an interesting idea: a microwave with a connected barcode scanner that reads and executes instructions for cooking food — driven by a Raspberry Pi. What did maker Nathan Broadbent decide cook in the introduction video? A raspberry pie, of course!
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Circuit bending electronic performers Burnkit2600 were popular at Maker Faire New York last weekend — every time I walked by, they had a rapt audience. Watch a bit of their performance and read group member Thom Uliasz’ thoughts about circuit bending in the 90s, the group’s musical inspirations, and a strangely perfect moment at the Faire.
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The folks over at HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT have devised an amazing knitted sensor using resistive yarn that can detect the movement and angles of the wrist.
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Instructables editor Randy Sarafan created this amazingly useful tutorial that discreetly checks that your fly isn’t down and alerts when it is!
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How often do you see a magician building his own monkeybot assistant using cork, wire, and an Arduino? That’s Mario the Magician, and after receiving rave reviews, filmmaker Kal Toth is looking for funding to take his short (11-minute) film about Mario and turn it into a feature-length documentary.
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Here at MAKE we have decided to transform the Your Comments column into Your Projects. We love hearing what you have to say, but also love seeing what you’re making! These projects from our readers come from the MAKE Google+ Community and beyond.
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Software developer Phil Tucker of Toronto went all out for his wedding, creating some awesome personalized projects: rustic Edison-style hanging light fixtures, an animated Arduino LED matrix lounge table top, vinyl “flexi” record wedding invitations (complete with a lovely acoustic song the couple wrote themselves, called “Invited”), and even a bachelor party wireless accelerometer Stab-O-Meter, named after the Futurama character Roberto, the stabbing robot.
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