Eric, of Instructables, has been doing some great promotion for The Best of Instructables. Here he is on ABC New Now’s Ahead of the Curve. He’s also going to be on Good Morning America (ABC) tomorrow morning. The segment should be up on the website later in the day. Go get ’em, Eric! In the […]
Mauricio emailed me a link to his latest project, the Rover AA1. It’s a robot powered by an Arduino and a laptop. Check out the website for more information, including the Arduino and Processing code. [Thanks Mau!] This idea and had thought for several months, since it figured it would be a practical way to […]
Rachel Hobson @ CRAFT writes: Jeffery Ruddell over at CraftStylish has done it again! All of his paper projects leave me swooning, but – honestly – often leave me feeling a little intimidated. His latest project, though, is right at my speed and would actually be fun to tackle with my kids. He’s made a […]
The Bright bike I posted about yesterday is just one of a plethora of Make-tastic projects Eyebeam has at their party next week: Eyebeam’s beloved, annual Holiday Hackshop! Sat., Dec. 13, 1PM – 5PM workshops | 6PM: Holiday party (think spiked eggnog, cider and holiday treats!) LOCATION: 540 W. 21st St., NYC COST: Free to […]
Michael Mandiberg’s created a beautiful and beautifully simple way to be seen biking at night: I wrapped up my bike in retroreflective vinyl. Retroreflective vinyl is like a big scotchlite sticker; scotchlite is that super-reflective stuff that is on running shoes, jackets, and night safety equipment. Here’s a video of the process and result: And, […]
Sparkfun posted another handy tutorial, this one covers how to use a relay to switch wall power via one little ol’ 5-volt microcontroller. A very helpful ability to add to your palette, which of course requires the obligatory “mains supply” caution statement – Don’t Touch! I very much look forward to resetting my cable modem […]
Likely a huge hit at any Halloween party it attended, Casey Pugh’s Daft Punk helmet – It’s a 16×5 LED matrix installed inside a cheap motorcycle helmet I found on Amazon. I used the Arduino to program all the animations. (arduino.cc) The LEDs are on cardboard, so I punched holes between every single LED and […]
