Raspberry Pi Embedded in DSLR Camera
Limerick area photographer and camera hacker, Dave Hunt, has managed to squeeze a Raspberry Pi SBC inside a detachable battery grip for his Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera.
Wireless
XBee-enabled SumoBots Appearing at Maker Faire
Rob Faludi, author of Building Wireless Sensor Networks, is bringing some very cool bots to Digi’s Maker Faire Bay Area Booth: Say hello to Troy and Abed! They’re Digi International’s brand-new XBee-enabled SumoBots and they’re ready to begin training for their debut at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012. They’ll be battling it out in the […]
Wireless iPod Charger
Resonant wireless power transfer has been around for a long time, but it never fails to impress. For instance, take this cool DIY wireless iPod charger from instructables user Inducktion.
Wireless In-Use Notification System
Why use a simple knock on the door when you can wire up a laser to tell you a bathroom is occupied? Gone are those awkward moments when taking care of business is unceremoniously interrupted. Thanks to the folks at Intuity, checking to see if somebody is in the WC is as easy as checking for the red dot of a laser or a real-time HTML5 app on your smartphone.
WineShade: Hipster Stack-Powered Voting Gizmo for O’Reilly’s Strata Conference
I was asked to make something for the O’Reilly Strata Conference, which was held in Santa Clara at the end of February 2012. We needed some devices to capture votes from attendees who participated in Coco Krumme‘s Data Crush: Where Wine and Data Meet: This new event at Strata will host wine tastings for participants, […]
DIY Wireless Pan-and-Tilt System
MAKE staple Chris of Pyroelectro wrote in with this simple Wireless XBee Tilt/Pan Camera System, which lets you to pan, tilt, and trigger a camera remotely.
Collaborative Digital Drawing Game, Doodlr
Manchester-based design and advertising firm LOVE Labs created a real-time collaborative digital-drawing game, called Doodlr.
