Arduino-Controlled Robot Makes Drumbeats With Forks
Vito Caiata got his Arduino to talk to his computer sound card via MIDI, then connected a pull-type solenoid to bang on an improvised drum.
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Raspberry Pi “Kitchen” set for Engadget Expand in NYC Nov. 9-10
At the Raspberry Pi Kitchen, Matt Richardson, MAKE contributing editor and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, will host a “make-off” with two teams of four each who will spend the weekend developing a product or device that uses components and tools from the “pantry” as they take the basic “ingredients” and turn out an tasty final product.
Team Skeletonics Shows Their Stuff at Maker Faire Tokyo
Maker Faire Tokyo, which concluded Monday, was big a success. We’ll have a report from the event later today but in the meantime, check out this video of Project Skeletonics’ robot exoskeleton in action.
Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector
The Atmospheric Gas Detector Kit, found in the Makershed, gives you the components needed to detect different kinds of gases. In this episode of “Projects with Ryan Slaugh”, we will go through the steps of setting up the base experiment from the book included with the kit.
Wear Your Heartbeat with a Pulse Sensor and Weekend Projects
The Beatband Sleeve joins a long list of projects attempting to read the human-mechanical heartbeat and visualize it as an electrical signal. Whether using midi controllers or operational amplifiers or infrared technology (and more recently IR in combination with an op-amp), makers love wearing their heartbeats as pendants or simply displaying it numerically on a […]
Riley Morgan: Drone Pilot and Young Entrepreneur
Riley Morgan is an enterprising young man who makes his own multicopters and provides aerial photography and video services.
How Many Robots Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
Master Makers galore are set to tell us their stories tomorrow on Make Robot Hacks. The new program, organized by Michael Overstreet, features a line-up of experts and a smorgasbord of projects. Plus, our Master Makers will be prepared to answer your questions live.