This fully-functional, overhead control panel will be the most awesome thing you see today. Most of us rely on a keyboard and mouse to perform tasks on our computers. Not Redditor user “smashcuts.” Instead, the Maker has built a fully-functional overhead control panel for his PC, complete with 100 programmable buttons and switches that trigger all kinds of actions, from the […]
Bluetooth Low Energy + ATmega32U4 = Bluefruit LE Micro Makers who are looking to create a Bluetooth-enabled project will be excited to learn of Adafruit’s latest product. The newly-unveiled Bluefruit LE Micro rolls the versatility of the ATmega32U4 MCU and the wireless connectivity of the SPI Bluefruit LE Friend all into one board. What’s nice is that the Bluefruit LE Micro makes is easier than ever […]
Instead of having to hold his smartphone against his chest to create Bemes, Maker Sean Hodgins built an Arduino-powered remote shutter. When the Vine app first emerged, Maker Sean Hodgins had the idea to take an Arduino and to devise a time-lapse rig that would allow him to share unique six-second posts with his friends on the social channel. Keep in […]
This RFID-enabled feeder lets a household cat “hunt” for dinner. One Maker has created a project that caters to the primal instincts of his indoor cat by preying upon RFID-enabled Wiffle Balls, instead of mice and other animals found in the wild. When these balls are delivered to a custom-built feeding machine, it releases a serving of food for the household pet. What’s […]
This modular 3D printer adapts to your needs, whether that’s doubling its height or upgrading to a dual extruder. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: modularity continues to rise in popularity amongst the Maker crowd. Cognizant of this, UK-based NFire Labs set out to develop a 3D printer that would be truly scalable and adaptable to its user depending […]
Lance Abernethy has 3D printed a fully-functional saw that’s no larger than your thumbnail. Last year, Lance Abernethy 3D printed a mini, fully-functional cordless drill. But why stop there? The New Zealand-based Maker has now added another tiny tool to his collection: a fingernail-sized circular saw. Abernethy designed each of the saw’s four components — two body pieces, a saw […]
In her exploration of e-textiles, one N.C. State student has crafted an illuminating necklace dress powered by FLORA. Victoria Rind, a Maker studying textile engineering at North Carolina State University, recently devised an interactive dress with one goal in mind: to stand out. How’d she do it, you ask? Using an Adafruit FLORA and NeoPixels to light up its attached […]
One 14-year-old Maker has built a portable, multi-purpose gaming console based on Raspberry Pi. Evident by the recent success of Arduboy, not to mention a number of other projects, do-it-yourself gaming has surely risen in popularity over the years. Take for instance, 14-year-old Maker Rasmus Hauschild, who has developed a portable, multi-purpose Raspberry Pi console. The Maker created a vast majority […]
This vintage toolbox contains a fully-functional 3D printer along with the filament, spool holder and a power supply. A hammer. A screwdriver. A wrench. A pair of pliers. Those are things you’d typically find in any handyman or DIYer’s toolbox. A 3D printer? Not likely. However, if it’s up to one Florida-based bearings company, that may soon change. That’s because Chad Bridgewater of Boca Bearings […]
Danny Benedettelli has added a new dimension to remote manipulators by building a robotic exoskeleton out of LEGO. A remote manipulator, also known as a “waldo” thanks to the 1942 short story by Robert Heinlein, is an electronic telemetric input device that enables a mechanism to be controlled by a human operator. This method can be found in a variety of applications, […]
