Augmented Reality Heads-up Baseball Cap
If you’re looking for a cheap and easy way to get that Terminator-like augmented reality experience, you’ll want to check out this hacked up HMD baseball cap from Melbourne area maker Matt Kwan.
DIY Projects
Purses made from Toothpaste Tubes
These purses by Grazia Bosco are stitched together from empty toothpaste tubes. It also appears they are closeable by using the tubes’ pre-existing caps and threads. Definitely a nice touch.
Newly Renovated MAME Cabinet – with Silkscreen Storage!
It’s a game cabinet! It’s silk screen storage? Sure, why not?
Laser Cut Acrylic Lampshade
Done in the traditional stained glass technique of using lead and copper foil, Ben Light brings a different take on the craft by using laser-cut pieces of acrylic. Surprisingly the acrylic didn’t melt despite the necessary heat that was applied. The result is a great proof of concept for more complex works.
In the Maker Shed: PowerSwitch Tail II
Are you looking for a robust, no nonsense way to control AC loads from your Arduino or other microcontroller? Check out the PowerSwitch Tail II, available in the Maker Shed!
Boxie the Robot Explores its Surroundings
Boxie is a semi-autonomous robot that roams through its surroundings until it finds a willing human participant to answer its questions and star in a movie it films. It was designed and built by Alexander Reben at MIT’s Media Lab.
Longboard Generates Light While You Ride
ITP student Danne Woo modified his longboard with strips of LED lights that illuminate when a wheel-mounted generator spins. In short, a stepper motor is run through a bridge rectifier followed by a one farad supercapacitor and then into the LEDs. The resulting project is suitably called “The Circuit Board.”