Monitor the Health & Vitality of Your Home Garden with Weekend Projects
Two Weekend Projects from our archives are ideal for challenging makers to hack their houseplants and collect data from their garden.
Technology
Building Up to Maker Faire, Shawn Thorsson Brings ED-209 to Life: Part 5 — Rotocasting
Hollow resin castings for Robocop’s worst nightmare
Circuit Bending Winner Chases the Spirit of Moog
The victor of this year’s Moogfest circuit bending competition is George Gleixner.
The Centurion Project: LED Helmet
7 meters of RGB LEDs crammed onto a centurion’s helmet? It makes perfect sense once you see it in action. When you’re a creative developer with a name like Roman, you’re bound to find yourself recreating things from antiquity. Roman Porry found his inevitable foray into ancient Roman culture resulted in this interactive centurion helmet. […]
Turn Analog Audio Digital with These Weekend Projects
Convert your bulky vinyl record collection into long-lasting digital files while optimizing the record’s playback curve, using the Vinyl Digitizer Phono Preamp.
Working Spy Camera Disguised as Wooden Camera Pendant
Despite its deceptive name NOT-A-CAMERA is, in fact, a functional camera designed by artist and NYC Resistor member Olivia Barr.
Hybrid RepRap/Sewing Machine “Teddy Bear Printer” Takes Yarn as Feedstock
Innovative design retrofits off-the-shelf hardware with “felting print head.”