How to Make a Ball-Balancing Robot
The folks from Ufactory, a Shenzhen startup, have built a fun ball balancing robot that uses six omni wheels to keep the robot balancing on top of a soccer ball.
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LED CHUTIES Come to Maker Faire
Eureka! LED CHUTIES are born one rainy day, from minds of Paul and Lee at Soldering Sunday.
Hauntbox Prop Controller
The barrier between the average Joe and a fully automated haunted house just got lowered.
How Would you Catch a Pumpkin Thief?
I’m looking for ways to trick our pumpkins thieves next time (if they should be so bold!) Please post in the comments ways you would recommend making anyone trying to take off with our pumpkins, um, change their minds. It should be simple and relatively inexpensive to do if possible. Oh yeah, and safe
Jaimie and the Giant Robot
Help share the amazing and inspiring story of robot-maker Jaimie Mantzel in this documentary film.
Chatting with Inventables’ Zach Kaplan About Shapeoko
This Monday, Chicago-based DIY resource Inventables announced the release of Shapeoko 2, hailed as one of the most inexpensive CNC mills in the world — $300 without electronics.
Tutorial: Laser Cutting Techniques and Projects
Ideas for designing projects that exploit the strengths (and avoid the weaknesses) of laser cutters.
Here are three projects, each of which demonstrates techniques and systems I’ve developed specifically for this form of digital fabrication.