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June 1, 2014
100 Ways to Make It to Maker Faire 2014
Maker Faire is happening all around the world and all through the year. For those of us who plan our year around Maker Faire Bay Area, we’re two weeks into 52 weeks of Maker Faire withdrawal. For ourselves and all of you, we’ve put together a small poster with 100 ways to […]
May 31, 2014
Building robots and rockets with Javascript
The web developers are coming, and they're bringing Javascript frameworks that let you build robots and rockets more easily.
How Much Bot Would a Drawbot Draw if a Drawbot Could Draw Bot?
Servo motors are a popular component in maker projects. Watch how we used two - without the aid of a micocontroller - to power the TRS Drawbot, the latest addition to our beginner-friendly electronics series of Weekend Projects.
Air Quality Sensors: How Good is Good Enough?
Citizens can help inform science with low-cost sensors and instruments, as long as the quality of the measurements is good enough.
Your Very Own Holodeck? castAR Brings It Within Reach
castAR bridges the gap between the physical world and the virtual world by combining projected augmented reality, true virtual reality, and true augmented reality in a magical pair of glasses.
May 30, 2014
Grant Imahara’s Ten Favorite Robot Building Blocks
When I think about all my builds over the years, I find there are a few components I use over and over again — kind of like my own personal Lego set.
A Hospital Mini Maker Faire
Let’s Make Health! That’s was the banner under which we all flew Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 at the Maimonides Medical Center Mini Maker Faire in Brooklyn. Fifty years ago, in that same hospital, Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz used modified electronic metronomes bought in Canal street to prototype the first implantable […]
Dan Royer’s Robot Arms
Dan Royer makes many things, right now he’s most excited about robot arms. When he told me this at MakerCon, I had a moment of skepticism. What is so exciting about robot arms? Haven’t they been around forever? I think I had one made by Nintendo at some point. […]
I Built a Robot my Garage to Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Daniel Albert set out to show that it is possible to build a full size biped that can walk for well under $10,000. He's trying to beat the odds and compete against the big guys at the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
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