Our Galvanic Skin Response Kit (aka Truth Meter Kit) includes everything you need to build the Truth Meter circuit featured in Make Volume 26. See what happens when someone asks you questions or when you laugh or get surprised. Everyone responds a little differently. Try it on your friends, acquaintances, or adversaries. It’s a great […]
The Getting Started with Arduino kit V2.0 from the Maker Shed includes everything you need to join the tens of thousands of engineers, designers, artists and hobbyists who have discovered this incredible and educational prototyping platform. We include an Arduino UNO, the incredibly popular Getting Started with Arduino Book by Massimo Bansi, and all the […]
The Truth Meter, a project featured in MAKE Volume 26, measures small increases in sweat which indicate nervousness and other stimuli. So if you’re sleuthing to find out who left the empty milk carton in the refrigerator and your prime suspect does nothing but deny accusations, watch this video and create your own Truth Meter.
For more information about this project and a PDF of the instructions from MAKE, check out: http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/the-truth-meter-dont-sweat-it.html
Here’s a kit with the components you need to build your own: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSGR01
The Arduino Nano 3.0 is a surface mount breadboard compatible version of the ever-popular Arduino micro controller. It’s small, has integrated USB, and is breadboard friendly. It has more or less the same functionality of the Arduino Duemilanove, but in a different package. Physically, it’s missing the power jack, but it can still sense and […]
Need a robotic arm to do your evil bidding? Then look no further than the Robotic arm kit available in the Maker Shed. You command the gripper to open and close, and control wrist motion of 120 degrees, an extensive elbow range of 300°, base rotation of 270°, base motion of 180°, vertical reach of […]
It’s an Arduino-flavored Monday here at stage.makezine.com. Our Arduino Projects Pack giveaway is ongoing, and today’s Deal of The Day bundles a 1-year subscription to MAKE with instantly-downloadable PDF versions of two of our most popular Arduino titles: Getting Started with Arduino and the newly-released Arduino Cookbook. Check ’em out, with tons of other cool ‘duino content, over on our Arduino Super Page.
The open source Video Game Shield from the Maker Shed allows you to create your own games, graphics, text, sound effects, music, and more on an Arduino! Make awesome black-and-white video games that you can play on your TV! It supports up to two Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controllers for an easy, and familiar, interface. Note: […]
