Make: Daily In This Issue... Grant Imahara's Ten Favorite Robot Building Blocks A Hospital Mini Maker Faire Dan Royer's Robot Arms Fugitt's Favorites: Robots of MakerCon and Maker Faire Maker Pro Newsletter – 05/29/14 I Built a Robot in my Garage to Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge If Google's Self-Driving Car Was in the LEGO Movie, it Might Look Like This This Packable Classroom Built by Kids Could Help Disaster Relief New Project: LED Concrete Patio Table with Built-in Beverage Cooler Hand Grinding a Telescope Mirror Grant Imahara's Ten Favorite Robot Building Blocks When I think about all my builds over the years, I find there are a few components I use over and over again — kind of like my own personal Lego set. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • A Hospital Mini Maker Faire   Let’s Make Health! That’s was the banner under which we all flew Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 at the Maimonides Medical Center Mini Maker Faire in Brooklyn. Fifty years ago, in that same hospital, Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz used modified electronic metronomes bought in Canal street to prototype the first implantable […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Dan Royer's Robot Arms   Dan Royer makes many things, right now he’s most excited about robot arms. When he told me this at MakerCon, I had a moment of skepticism. What is so exciting about robot arms? Haven’t they been around forever? I think I had one made by Nintendo at some point. […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Fugitt's Favorites: Robots of MakerCon and Maker Faire Lem Fugitt of Robots-Dreams.com captured some of his favorite images from MakerCon and Maker Faire. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Maker Pro Newsletter – 05/29/14 “Hardware needs software that makes it sing.” From the editors of MAKE, 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 to us at makerpro@makermedia.com. Are you a […] Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • I Built a Robot in my Garage to Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Daniel Albert set out to show that it is possible to build a full size biped that can walk for well under $10,000. He's trying to beat the odds and compete against the big guys at the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • If Google's Self-Driving Car Was in the LEGO Movie, it Might Look Like This The Cubotix Rover is a LEGO EV3 based self driving car that uses a 3D depth sensor and an on-board laptop for mapping and navigation. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • This Packable Classroom Built by Kids Could Help Disaster Relief Shruthik Musukula's and his class at Valley Christian Junior High built this foldable room for disaster preparedness. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • New Project: LED Concrete Patio Table with Built-in Beverage Cooler Cast the tabletop and trough in one piece, then make it shine. "DIY Pete" Sveen shows you how, with complete steps and video tutorial. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Hand Grinding a Telescope Mirror This is how you make a telescope mirror out of a hunk of glass. Read more on MAKE        • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments •

 

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