I’ve had to use several Arduino Boards for the projects I’ve worked on but none have been as dead simple to use as the Arduino Uno. This Arduino is as plug and play as they come and supports the standard Arduino shields you’ll want to use for your various projects.
Build a robot that controls your Christmas lights and similar lights around the world
Today and this weekend, Walmart will be featuring demos of the Cube personal 3D printer from 3D Systems at two of its stores in California and offering customers a chance to have themselves scanned to create a 3D printed figure as a unique holiday gift. MAKE will be at both locations from noon-2pm Saturday with copies of our 2014 Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing on hand and our new book about 3D printing: Leo the Maker Prince by Carla Diana. We’ll also be handing out $10 off coupons for the Maker Shed
Ben Katz’ ferociously cool all-terrain scooter is a Terminator-esque monstrosity of milled steel, shock absorbers, and knobby rubber tires.
MAKE pal, Maker Shed technical advisor, and all-around maker hero Andrew “bunnie” Huang is collaborating with MIT Media Lab Ph.D. student Jie Qi on a fascinating project, Chibitronics Circuit Stickers. They’re exactly what they sound like – stickers with embedded circuitry that you can stick onto copper tape and other conductive materials to create simple circuits. I foresee this becoming a popular way to not only build simple electronics projects on flexible materials, but to teach basic circuit skills as well.
As one of MAKE’s 3D printing experts I’ve had the opportunity to use just about every printer in MAKE’s Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. I have yet to see one with as much value as the Printrbot Simple. At $299 this 3D printer is a pretty sweet deal.
Members from the ITP community share some of their physical computing fabrication tips on video.
