Building the boat pond at Maker Faire
Rob Wood, of Western Warship Combat Club (WWCC), sent us this series of pics of the boat pond going up at Maker Faire. Thanks, Rob! Robotic Warship Combat
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Car Wars IRL
I knew it was only a matter of time before Car Wars, Mad Max, and dozens of video games featuring weaponized vehicles, came to television. On May 11th, the producers of Mythbusters will be bringing Weaponizers, a three-part series, to the little screen. Two teams will design, build, and send into remotely-controlled combat, lethally-outfitted vehicles. […]
Getting Meggies to talk to each other
For today’s EMS Labs project, Windell shows you how to connect two Meggy, JR RGB game units to one another, using a hacked CD-ROM-to-Mobo cable. The cable can also be used to provide a serial connection between any two Arduino-compatible devices normally programmed through a FTDI USB-TTL cable. A tale of two Meggies
Electrified Monopoly board
Not to be outdone by her sister Kris, Carly DeGraeve sent us this link to her latest electrified Monopoly board. It lights up the four props in the center of the board when you land on the appropriate squares. She used reed switches and magnets to complete the circuit. Electrified Monopoly – Steampunk Inspired More: […]
Reprogramming pinball machines
MAKE Projects Editor, Paul Spinrad, sent me a link to this project and the following message: Some CS / Game Development students hacked a Lord Of The Rings pinball machine, taking full control of its sensors, actuators, and display, and reprogrammed it to play Pinhorse — like the basketball game, but you try to match […]
Robot soccer over the net
A company called Robot Services Group is running i-SOBOT soccer matches over the Internet. Using free video conferencing software called ooVoo, you control one i-SOBOT against an opponent’s bot on a soccer field. Another cool service the company provides is a robot test drive, where you can try controlling various mini-humanoid type bots. This might […]
Anatomy Arcade games
Think Anatomy points us to Anatomy Arcade, an anatomy learning site with free flash games, including Poke-A-Muscle, Whack-A-Bone, and a bunch of cool jigsaw puzzles.