Scenes from Silver Spring, Tulsa, Louisville, Vermont, Maine and Wales!
Slideshow of tweeted pix—and amazing tricks—from across the six-sided #MakerFaire weekend.
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How Gesture Control Will Become a Reality in Healthcare
With the popularity of gesture controlled devices like the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Kinect, and Playstation Move showing no signs of slowing down, it’s clear that individuals playing games want to be more physically involved and interact in ways like never before. This increase in physical activity has helped to break the stigma of some games turning us into “couch potatoes,” but is there more of a therapeutic benefit to this type of interaction? I believe there is.
Getting Started with Arduino Mini and FTDI
In this episode of “Projects with Ryan Slaugh” I highlight using the Arduino Mini with the FTDI Friend. Normally, using an Arduino is as simple as plug and play into your USB. With the Mini, however, you need to use the FTDI Friend. The Friend itself is a simple device that converts USB to serial that can […]
What was your First Accidental Explosion?
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
Dr. Silicone (How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Siloxane Bonds)
I wanted to make a spatula that would last forever, with FDA approved food grade silicone and a high heat safety rating. (I molded a couple prototypes at home, thinking that if it worked right I’d make a few for friends and family as gifts. The models were cool, but lacked polish.) Once I made the decision to move to a professional manufacturer, more interesting questions arose. How do we optimize flexibility in the blade? What material should we use in the core to give it balance and minimize heat retention? And most of all: how heat resistant can we get it to be?
Making a Better Stylus
Azeem Husain is a kid with a mission – a mission to bring the world a better stylus.
Indiana High School Students Make a Winning 849 MPG Car
After 10 months of work and support from a volunteer team of parents and community members, a group of students from Mater Dei High School in Evansville, Ind. recently recently won the Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition for an ultra high MPG vehicle. At 849 MPG, I’d say that’s pretty high. They also won the grand prize winner in AutoZone’s Show It off, America social media contest. The single-person car has an aluminum frame and is powered by a 50-cc engine