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Bendy Corner Arduino Box

By John Edgar Park
February 8, 2012

  I’ve been meaning to do some tests with this relatively new technique for creating flexible parts on the laser cutter. I’ve been meaning to build a new project box for my Arduino. Oomlaut beat me to both! Ever since we came across this amazing technique for laser cutting hinges we’ve been… read more

Last Weekend’s Betaspring Hackathon: Netduinos, Arduinos, and Hungry Hippos

By Brian Jepson
January 31, 2012

I spent the last weekend as an advisor to Betaspring‘s Digital Meets Physical Hackathon. The participants arrived Saturday morning and organized into teams. I stayed until about midnight, and returned around 10am Sunday morning, where I was able to help a couple teams get unstuck. It wasn’t that I was… read more

New in the Maker Shed: Membrane Matrix Keypad

By Michael Castor
January 31, 2012

The Membrane Matrix Keypad, available in the Maker Shed, has 12 buttons arranged in a telephone-line 3x4 grid. It's made of a thin, flexible membrane material with an adhesive backing (just remove the paper) so you can attach it to nearly anything. read more

Soft Circuit Suspenders Police your Posture

By Michael Colombo
January 30, 2012

Tobias Sonne of Carnegie Mellon devised suspenders equipped with stretch sensors that detect differences in resistance depending on the user's posture. If there is not enough stretch in the suspenders, a buzzer gives haptic feedback, alerting the user to sit up straight. read more

In the Maker Shed: ProtoShield for Ardweeny

By Michael Castor
January 30, 2012

I really like using the Adweeny for Arduino projects; it's small, it's easy to pug into a breadboard, and it's inexpensive so you don't mind permanently embedding it. But what if you want to make the Ardweeny compatible with shields? That's where this ProtoShield for Ardweeny, available in the Maker… read more

Smartphone-Controlled Ball Launcher

By John Baichtal
January 27, 2012

Andrew and his brother built this great ping-pong ball launcher out of salvaged and repurposed parts. I especially like the 13-ball hopper made from two paper towel tubes taped together, and the clever K’Nex-controlled release mechanism. The launcher is controlled with an Arduino connected to a computer and activated via… read more

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