The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Check out this automatic Mahjong table from China, it shuffles and stacks the tiles automatically…It looks like something out of Stargate! – Automatic mahjong table adopts the working principle of electricity, light and magnetism, and it is controlled by microcomputer programs. It can effectively achieve the automatic shuffling and dealing of mahjong, and automatic dice […]
Here are some photos from last night’s robot hacking/fighting event @ Nerd Salon. Thanks go out to the 111 Minna Gallery for the space and Jennifer / Annalee for putting it on…. Oh, special thanks to MikeK. We need to upgrade the firmware to have the bots violate their 3 laws, MikeK happen to have […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 has a ton of photos from the underwater robot competition, MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Center) sponsored by NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ) – Link.
James shows you how to watch TV on a Macbook & a Slingbox – “I decided to make a project out of getting Slingbox setup today. Not knowing for sure if it would work on OSX, I got everything setup using only OSX and Parallels VM running Windows XP. This took about 2 hours to […]
This week is E3, so in the spirit of gaming, we’re going to do a bit of gaming coverage, of things not at E3, MAKE style, like this video from our very own Brian Jepson showing off the Vectrex, one of the most stunning systems in the history of gaming – integrated monitor, analog joystick […]
Sean writes – “Engineers plant tongues firmly into cheeks making human powered vehicles that traverse land, sea, and mud. Intrepid reporter (and frequent sufferer of name collisions) Tom Jones documented the event well with vivid photographs and linked videos. And the famous “Fifi” rides again!” – Link.
Philo made a great wall following LEGO bot, he writes – “As a direct application to my GP2D12 distance sensor, I built this wall follower. Its base is the Constructopedia RoverBot, I only added a turret bearing the sensor. The trick here is to direct sensor beam 45° away to also detect walls in front […]
