Slime Lamp Mixes, Changes Colors, Responds to Heartbeats
This amorphous, gooey blob is a slime lamp
Technology
Shoot Pictures with this Game Boy Camera Gun
If you would like an instant photograph, but would like it to be “extra low-res,” check out this Game Boy-based instant camera that artist Dmitry Morozov came up with. One note when using it, your subject should definitely be asked before being photographed, as it’s in the form of … a pistol! Yes, this pistol, […]
Get to Know Onion Omega, a Tiny New Dev Board
The Onion Omega, a promising open hardware development platform, blew through its Kickstarter goal this week, where its promise to make hardware development easy for software developers seemed to resonate with backers. “We are strong believers of open source and we strive to give back to the open source community,” wrote the Onion Omega team. “All hardware schematics, […]
Your Vote Counts: Help Decide the Winners of the #PSoCMaker Challenge.
Help one lucky maker win a trip of a lifetime — your votes could push one project to the top.
Video Walkthrough: Automatic Garden Watering and Data Logging with Arduino
Many of us have tried to plant a garden in one form or another. A good percentage of those people — including myself at times — end up killing their plants due to over or under-watering. Civil engineer Grady Hillhouse, however, decided to take complete control of his garden with a custom Arduino-based watering system. […]
Beats Into Bots: GlueMotor Drives PWM Servos with Smartphone Audio
One of my favorite aspects of editing projects at Make: is seeing how other people approach technology. It’s truly energizing to see someone use a basic component in a way you’d never think of doing yourself. Such an experience is exactly what happened when I first saw Kazu Terasaki’s GlueMotor — a method of controlling […]
Decorate Desserts with a CNC Cookie Monster Spirograph Machine
A Cookie Monster would, of course, never refuse an undecorated cookie. According to this Instructables article, however, sometimes Cookie Monster “gets bored of looking at the same old cookies.” I didn’t think he really looks at them much, but I digress… After brainstorming, creators Arvid Jense and Marie Caye decided to make something out of […]
