These Puma running shoes from the 1980s had a built in pedometer that interfaced with an Apple II’s “game port” to download the distance and time traveled for later analysis. More details of their construction at the link below. Puma RS Computer Tennis Shoes
This chic pet-substitute responds to touch with pulsing blue LED ‘eyes’ and a purring effect courtesy of Lilypad vibe boards. Two Lilypad Arduinos run the animal simualtion and the touch contact is implemented via conductive fabric layers – For this, I made two layers of fabric. One with three pieces conductive fabric that goes out […]
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes This week’s CRAFT Video Podcast is the second in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We’ll go from the gridded pattern we made last week to a knitted back panel for the sweater using […]
Should you find yourself lost on the snowy ridges of the not-so-distant future – reader Martijn points out O’Neill introduces the NavJack, a ski jacket which has an integrated LED display for navigation. It also has an audio unit in your hood through which you will be given instructions about which direction you should go. […]
MAKE pal Amal Graafstra’s book RFID toys is shipping! The book covers how to build RFID enabled projects and solutions and touches briefly on what others are doing with RFID, including implantable RFID tags. Link to book – our previous interview, and as a special treat, Amal sent us some photos of his recent RFID […]
Each day until 2006 we’re bringing you a Maker from our new book Makers. Mikey Sklar, Brooklyn, New York. Shirt with 38 working fans. The fan shirt does not exactly qualify as business casual at Sklar’s job as vice president of a tony investment bank. “I sort of doubt there are many DIY people on Wall Street,” he says. A spool of wire he found in a dumpster connected all the 12-volt fans in parallel. “When I wear the shirt I’m often asked, ‘Do the fans spin?’ Well, of course they do! Who would walk around wearing a bunch of computer fans that don’t spin?” Makers: page 80. Link to photo. Sample PDF. Click here to get Makers the book before the holidays!
This is a pretty fun article for the wrist watch geeks like me. I picked up a seemingly end-of-linePalm PDA watch for less than $70 and started experimenting on what applications can actually run on it- here are some of my picks (all free/opensource) – and how I read websites, ebooks, play Infocom text adventures, draw/view pictures and use scientific calculators…
