Twin Cities DIY group, Studio Bricolage, made a Paint Pendulum for Make: Day. The paint pendulum is a three story-long cable weighted by a 10-pound bowling ball at the end. The bowling ball has 4 remote controlled paint nozzles mounted to it which allows the crowd to control the paint being flung onto a huge piece of paper under the pendulum. ...
Larry Pesce wrote in to let us know that he's posted his build notes for this year's Shmooball Cannon: Shmoocon (hosted by the fine folks at the Shmoo group, an independent security "think tank") [...]
Check out the new 8-bit TV-Computer from the Maker Shed. It's a great hackable computer that includes a BASIC programming language with a sprite manipulator. Who doesn't like classic 8-Bit computers,[...]
NES emulator hacker Xkeeper has been working on a Lua script that allows you to manipulate Super Mario Bros. game objects right in the middle of game play: FCEUX is a NES emulator. It has Lua scrip[...]
The 555 Noisemusick Kit from the Maker Shed is an fun way to learn more about one the most popular integrated circuits, the 555 timer. I had a chance to put one of these kits together a few weeks ag[...]
This Month's Handmade Music event is shaping up quite nicely indeed. Peter of CDM gives a rundown of what to expect - Handmade Music projects will again explode into the nerdster party in Brooklyn,[...]
Make: Day was held at the Science Museum of Minnesota, a place which prides itself in allowing kids to be able to touch and interact with pretty much anything in the building. Of course, when it co[...]
Most digital point-and-shoot cameras can shoot video clips. However, most don't have very good onboard lighting. Even a lot of the current video cameras lack a good light source. The ProdMod Video Li[...]
Photography by Jérôme Demers Ultra-simple bugbot navigates obstacles with feelers and switches. By Jérôme Demers Read more | Permalink | Comments | [...]
Asia Ward is a talented Maker who also works at the Science Museum of Minnesota. She makes interactive sculptures that jiggle, shuffle, squeak, and recoil using electronic toys, household gadgets, [...]
A brand spankin' new big brother to the Duemilanove, the first pic of a new Arduino board has surfaced. The Mega uses an ATmega1280 surface mount chip and offers a whole big bunch of new features -[...]