Gas Cap

Gas Cap By QTechKnow (Quin, our favorite 11 year old maker) QTechKnow solved the mystery he’s been thinking about since he got started in electronics. “Isn’t there a fart sensor out there?” Like… Continue reading →

Fiber Optic Chandelier Prototype

Fiber Optic Chandelier Prototype By Apex Logic The Fiber Optic Chandelier Prototype is made with with ATMega328 and XBee. “The fiber optic chandelier was inspired by one that was for sale on Ebay.com. The… Continue reading →

Party in the Mouth

Party in the Mouth Direction, software programming and lighting+sound design: Daito Manabe Hardware programming and board design: Motoi Ishibashi Hardware design: Tomoaki Yanagisawa “Method Man might have helped make gold fronts famous, but in… Continue reading →

The Dawn Chorus

The Dawn Chorus  By Ted Hayes Electronic sculptures that blink and sound off in their own “language.” For his Master’s thesis at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, Ted Hayes created “language-inventing machines.”… Continue reading →

WarmDirt

WarmDirt By Dr Craig Hollabaugh WarmDirt is a system to warm the soil for plants. The core of the WarmDirt system is a wooden box lined with the kind of electric heat cable… Continue reading →

Particles

Particles Planning and software development: Daito Manabe System design and hardware development: Motoi Ishibashi Read the full PDF on Particles Here Particles on Daito Manabe’s site “Particles is an art installation which creates a… Continue reading →

Chance

Chance By Loretta Faveri After being knocked down by a bus in October 2010, Loretta felt compelled to understand why the senseless occurrence happened. To explore the question of why, she created a… Continue reading →

LightScythe

LightScythe By Gavin Smith More information on LightScythe LightScythe on Geek.com “The LightScythe is a device for writing text and images frozen in midair. The hardware is pretty simple. There’s a 2m programmable… Continue reading →

World’s First Flying File-Sharing Drones

World’s First Flying File-Sharing Drones By Liam Young, co-founder of Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today Flying File-Sharing Drones on Torrent Freak “Part nomadic infrastructure and part robotic swarm, we have rebuilt and programmed the drones… Continue reading →

The Pool by Jen Lewin

The Pool by Jen Lewin The Pool is an interactive light sculpture by Jen Lewin. It’s an environment of giant, concentric circles created from interactive circular pads. By entering the pool, you enter… Continue reading →

Networked On-Air Light

Networked On-Air Light By Matt Richardson Project Write-Up on Make:Projects “In true spirit, Make: Live is very much a DIY production. Instead of tripods, we use zip ties to mount webcams to chairs and… Continue reading →

Wind-Up Birds

Wind-Up Birds By HC Gilje Read more about Wind-Up Birds on Gilje’s blog, Conversations with Spaces “The wind-up birds are a flock of mechanical woodpeckers, having found their first home in a forest in… Continue reading →