Go Long With LoRa Radio!
Need to monitor remote sensors on your next project? LoRa might be your best wireless bet.
Technology
The Rebble Alliance: Preserving the Pebble Smart Watch
With server shutdowns looming, a group of Pebble enthusiasts battled to keep their beloved smartwatches operational
These 91 Undulating Mirrors Will Boggle Your Eyes
When you think about all of the sensory delights you’d find at a music festival, a mirror doesn’t really pop to the top of your mind. However, this team of architects Adam Cigler and Petr Vacek came up with a way to make mirrors the most fascinating thing there. This art installation called “Reflection” was born out of a […]
When Your Device Breaks Up With You
What happens when your smart devices decide to call it quits?
Bringing An Articulated Desk Lamp To Life
Allyson, a regular contributor to Make: , has just released a fun project on youtube. She’s taken inspiration from the iconic pixar lamp and brought an articulated desk lamp to life. Yeah, fine, it doesn’t hop around all cute, and by Allyson’s own admition, it doesn’t work very well as a lamp any more, but […]
Plan CO2 — A Thing or Two About Monitoring CO2
Tim Dye of TD Environmental Services is a leading expert in air quality sensors. He knows a thing or two about CO2. When I first started thinking about how we might use CO2 to measure the proper ventilation of indoor spaces, I thought of Tim and his work on air quality monitors.
Plan CO2: Making A Public Display
When I saw the big emoji (old school – smiley) on Carter Nelson’s RGB Matrix Portal Room CO2 Monitor project on Adafruit, I knew he was on to something. I wished that I would begin seeing more such displays in places like restaurants and shops, not to mention school classrooms, offices and makerspaces in the coming months. In Carter’s Adafruit project, the CO2 monitoring device presents a concise public-health message.
