Plan CO2: Montreal Dad Makes a CO2 Monitor for His Daughter’s Classroom
A device that measures CO2 can be built and deployed in indoor spaces such as classrooms to monitor ventilation in the room and warn if levels of CO2 are rising.
Technology
Make:cast #16 – Build It and See What Happens
As part of a $50 million grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2017, the Maker Library & Innovative Learning Complex of the Future is under construction on campus. The new $17.5 million building will house a makerspace open to all students. Austin McChord is the RIT donor and I talk to him in this episode of Make:cast.
Maker Spotlight: Meet Amelia Buns and Her Open Source 3D Printer Tool Changer
Based in Iran, Amelia is hard at work on a low-cost printhead tool changer for 3D printers, which allows for multi-material 3D prints among other potential functions. A maker of various smart and mechanical builds, her endeavors are impressive, and her creativity and enthusiasm seems boundless. We reached out to find out more about her. […]
Particle Launches New EtherSIM Platform with Free-To-Use Cellular Data
Today at their online Spectra conference, Particle announced their new cellular-based IoT platform called EtherSIM, which opens their devices to a large network of carriers worldwide and adds the data plans into the Particle platform subscription price for professional users. Alongside, they also unveiled the “Particle Free Plan” which lets smaller users and makers access […]
Review: Luxonis Oak-D AI Camera with Computer Vision and Image Depth
When Microsoft released the Kinect, the first widely available depth camera, artists and makers quickly flocked to it, discovering how to access the camera’s depth data and ability to capture human motion. The result was a slew of new projects that capitalized on an interface that didn’t require a screen, buttons or a mouse. After […]
Play the Piper for Pi Day
Shree Bose shares Piper Make, a browser-based coding platform based on the Raspberry PI Pico and a block-programming interface based on Google Blockly. This new product launches on Pi Day 2021.
Celebrate Pi Day With A Little Bit of Competition!
Show us your awesome Raspberry Pi projects for a chance to win!
