The Raspberry Pi can be the beating heart of a classic video arcade machine. And who doesn't want one of those? Pair it with an Arduino Esplora controller and play all your favorite arcade games from the 8-bit era.
I talk to Richard Sloan, who along with Ivan Grokhotkov, recently added support for the $5 ESP8266 microcontroller with onboard WiFi to the Arduino IDE.
Built from scratch, this electronic Teddy Bear will amaze and entertain children of all ages with its bright buttons and musical capabilities. In an effort to learn 3-D modeling, Andreas Lindahl came up with this build he calls SpotiBear 1.0. A big part of the initial motivation for this tech […]
The first day of Spring has already arrived, which means that Easter is just around the bend! You may have always associated Easter with pastel colors and chocolate bunnies. In reality, there are lots of awesome, geeky ways you can celebrate the holiday by making some creative and unique Easter […]
It's dangerous to go alone (and sometimes chilly) in the world of adventure, so take this quilt! Keep warm with a quilt adorned with symbols from the popular 1986 classic Nintendo fantasy adventure game, Legend of Zelda. Crafter “slamberina” crowned the top of the quilt with the Triforce (the fan […]
Whether you’re a young maker yourself or the parent of one, I’m sure you’re just as excited about Maker Faire as we are. While we invite people of all ages to roam throughout the Faire, you’ll definitely want to check out the plethora of exhibits specifically aimed at young makers. […]
Enigma machines were extremely interesting coding machines used by Germany during World War II. As digital logic was still in its infancy, these machines used rotors configured in a certain pattern to decode the gibberish sent from military commanders to units in the field. Although mechanical marvels, they came nowhere […]
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