Calit2ube writes – Gizmo is a remote-controlled toy monster truck which has been tricked out by Calit2 UCSD researchers. At just 20″x14″x11″ in size, it is tiny when compared to regular trucks, but it can deliver something that they cannot: an adaptable and reliable research platform which is reconfigurable for the task at hand. Gizmo’s […]
Nick sent in this great build for improving your WiFi connection. There are a lot of different ways to make WiFi antennas, many of them featured on the MAKE blog. This is a nice design based on the Yagi antenna, which has been around since the 1920’s. I have been playing around with some wifi […]
It appears we have a sound-maker powerhouse-lineup on our hands; Lesley writes – This Wednesday night at the Tank, a group of amazing people come together for a night of performances based on amplification. It will be AWESOME! A really special opportunity to see such a great, eclectic group of performers all in one night. […]
In this build I am going to be making the XPort shield that is available from LadyAda’s web site. The shield will allow you to connect your Arduino to the Internet and check your email, interact with Twitter, send SMS messages, and a whole lot more. I was inspired from the book “Making Things Talk” […]
David writes in with his – PIC-based project to monitor remote Wifi stations – It’s amazing what you can do with a 70 cent computer. Actually it’s amazing that there are 70 cent computers! The PIC12F510 is a complete computer – flash program memory, RAM, GPIO pins, internal clock and two A/D converter inputs in […]
Resident video tech Eric Beug demoed his Wireless Sound Objects @ ITP’s Spring show this week – Wireless Sound Objects are objects that either make sound or control the sound that other objects are making. They can interface with a computer, with other existing music hardware or be used as stand alone units. They can […]
Here is a project by Timothy Twillman that was exhibited at the Spring ITP show. Timothy made a cool, interactive, LED staff that uses a ZigBee for wireless communications with a computer. This allows for remote programming and synchronization between several LED staffs. It can even be used as a POV display. The project is […]
