Arduino and LEDs Transform Your Fan into a Video Game Display
Super Ventilagon is the fan based gaming console that employs the Hall effect to play the super addictive Super Hexagon game.
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Take Out the Trash from Your Couch with an R/C Bin
Say goodbye to the drudgery of rolling your garbage bin out to the curb. With Colin Furze’s remote controlled “wheelie bin”, you can (safely?) pilot your vile waste to the curb from the warm comfort of home. I love this idea, but let’s be honest, Colin’s design is more of an expensive practical joke than […]
This Machine Prints Portraits with 8,000 Drops of Coffee
This x-y plotter uses coffee drips — each carefully calibrated for size and height — to create these portraits.
This Goofy Clapping Robot Gives Round After Round of Applause
Simone Giertz creates an automatic clapping machine to create on-demand applause for any occasion.
Troubleshoot Circuitry with DIY Magnified Thermal Imaging
Circuit parts are getting smaller, but our eyes and fingers can only troubleshoot so much. Find the issue with a thermal camera and a special lense.
Hacker Publishes a Rosetta Stone Style Book for Manufacturing in Shenzhen
Bunnie Huang is publishing a tool to help Makers get business done in Shenzhen (without having to learn Mandarin).
There’s an App for That Toy at the New York Toy Fair
New toys on the market are trending toward physical building block styles with integrated digital components. Here are our favorites from New York Toy Fair.