You remember Simon, right? This through-hole soldering kit will bring back memories as you try to match the colored patterns. Plus, its ATmega168 microcontroller is re-programmable, so you can come up with your own games using the Arduino IDE and an FTDI board.
Upon hearing about my most recent knee injury, MAKE (and CRAFT) contributor Andrew Lewis asked if I might consider “zorbing” (video) as an alternative mode of transportation. I had to look it up, and found out it’s a New Zealand-born “sport” of rolling down hills in a spherical plastic balloon, inflated with leaf blowers. It […]
Mobile hacker Grant Skinner wires up a Nexus One to act as a controller for a slot-car racing track. Gotta love the rubber band petal simulator.
With a new Tron movie coming out there are going to be a lot of costuming, EL wire projects and the Tron-ifying of everything. Everything will be glowing blue. I’m looking forward to all the electronics projects that will capture some of the fun when a giant movie like this comes out. I caught a […]
Tom’s Guide has a detailed project article for this amazing camera-equipped tri-copter R/C flier. The piece takes you through the design and build process, from inception of the idea, through building and troubleshooting, to the finished flier. Very cool. Make Your Own Gadget: From Idea To Reality In case you missed it, we are currently […]
I had the very great pleasure of meeting Ari Krupnik at the recent Bay Area Maker Faire. Among other cool toys, Ari was showing off his “RecycloGraph,” which is a two-piece Spirograph (Wikipedia) milled from an old CD on Ari’s ShopBot. Once he’s milled the profile, Ari turns the plastic over and etches words or graphics in the metal foil using a CNC laser. Ari’s selling them now using a “name your price” PayPal widget on his website.
Our stringer for all things R/C, Francesco Fondi, sent us word of this amazing Lego/ NXT-based Bluetooth and phone-controlled Volvo 8×8 truck: This is a really impressive creation from ATRX, the same AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego) behind the NXT Boat. This Volvo FL12, version 8×8 features all wheel drive, 4-wheel steering, full double wishbone […]
