Posts with «technology» label

Hold This Smart Business Card to See Your Heart Beat

You can get a lot of quick info from a business card — name, job title, contact info — and now you can also see your heart beat.

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15 Fantastic Project Enclosures

Fight the drab tyranny of the beige box with these inspiring ideas for project enclosures

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Inflate Your Wearables Using Drone Motors and Pneumatic Air Muscles

Pump up your look using drone motors and pneumatic air muscles to give your wearables a hint of animation with soft robotics.

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Go Behind the Scenes of Installing an Interactive LED Art Exhibit

Nick Squires details his time spent using his maker skills to produce an interactive art installation and performance.

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Arduino and LEDs Transform Your Fan into a Video Game Display

Super Ventilagon is the fan based gaming console that employs the Hall effect to play the super addictive Super Hexagon game.

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MAKE » Arduino 27 Feb 16:00

This Machine Prints Portraits with 8,000 Drops of Coffee

This x-y plotter uses coffee drips — each carefully calibrated for size and height — to create these portraits.

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Pedal a Bike Through Virtual Reality for Under $100

Riding your bike on winter roads can be tough sometimes. Riding your bike through a virtual reality is easier and surprisingly affordable!

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Build a Dual Thermostat for Precise Preset Temperatures

You'd think there'd be something like a dual set point thermostat on the market already, but it doesn't look like there is. Guess you'll just have to make one.

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An Arduino-Powered Laser Engraver That You Can Build

A teenage maker created this impressive laser engraver for around $220

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Intel Edison Arduino Expansion ---> dymanixel motors

I was wondering what the best method to control DYNAMIXEL AX-18A motors from an Intel Edison with arduino expansion board would be, I have teh Arbotix-M, the UartSBee, the Edison with Arduino Expansion Board, and the Arduino Uno. I really want to make it so that I can use the Intel Edison w/ expansion board, and send that to the Arbotix-M. Can you help me?