2013/09/07

Make: Daily

In This Issue...

Warning to Flyers: Be Careful Out There
Computer Printer Salvage
Making Fun: Pneumatic Transport for Tooth Fairy
Maker Pro Newsletter #27
Welcome to the Drone Zone
Midcoast Maine Makers
Maker Faire Comes to the Netherlands
Open Hardware Summit Kicks Off at MIT
"Drawdio" Musical Pencil
My Eagle Project: Using Raspberry Pi to Deliver Education to Afghan Schools

Warning to Flyers: Be Careful Out There

Today I was disturbed by reading the story of an awful fatality of an RC hobbyist in Brooklyn and I was reminded how a day of fun can end abruptly with a tragic accident. No one wants that to happen. Remote-Controlled Model Helicopter Fatally Strikes Its Operator A 19-year-old man […]

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Computer Printer Salvage

PC Load Letter?! Over 200 useful parts for free!

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Making Fun: Pneumatic Transport for Tooth Fairy

I installed a pneumatic transport system in my house to allow my boys to send their lost teeth to the Tooth Fairy and receive money back via small capsule.

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Maker Pro Newsletter #27

"Everyone will be interested in making things instead of buying things." From the editors of MAKE magazine, the Maker Pro Newsletter is about the impact of makers on business and technology. Our coverage includes hardware startups, new products, incubators, and innovators, along with technology and market trends. Please send items […]

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Welcome to the Drone Zone

Last week I put out a call for cool drone videos and that's what I got. Lots of great footage of drones flying over some beautiful landscapes. Have a look.

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Midcoast Maine Makers

This weekend, the fine makers of Camden, Maine, are putting on the first Midcoast Mini Maker Faire, taking place on Saturday, September 7, at the Camden Public Library and Amphitheatre.

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Maker Faire Comes to the Netherlands

The first-ever Kerkrade Mini Maker Faire in the south of the Netherlands is set for this weekend. The numbers of makers who responded to the call for makers was overwhelming and up to the very last moment new makers applied. With about 50 makers from all over the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Luxemburg showing their stuff, we are over the moon with what's in store for visitors. Here are some of the standouts.

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Open Hardware Summit Kicks Off at MIT

"The distinctions between software and hardware are disappearing."

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"Drawdio" Musical Pencil

Drawdio is a simple electronic sound synthesizer build onto a pencil! Designed by Jay Silver, then a student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, the Drawdio circuit plays a musical tone with a frequency that varies based on the resistance between two points. The wire wrapped around the pencil handle is one point, and the pencil lead itself is another. When you hold Drawdio in your hand, your body becomes part of the resistive loop, and you can do all kinds of fun tricks, like draw yourself a piano and play a little tune!

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My Eagle Project: Using Raspberry Pi to Deliver Education to Afghan Schools

As my Eagle Project, I'm using the Raspberry Pi platform to build computers for students at a girls' school in Afghanistan. We're raising the money online at Indiegogo, and will be building a special, pre-loaded Linux distribution with educational software. Trust in Education, a non-profit aid group, will be setting up a computer lab with the Pi-based computers.