If you want to play a banana, or make a keypad from some drawn pencil marks the MaKey MaKey is the kit for you. This is a Kickstarter but it will be a product since it has raised amazingly raised over a half million dollars over an above the goal of $25,000. Looks like there is a huge demand for this cool item. It is also an open hardware
 The Orvillecopter is a helicopter built from a dead cat. Bart Jansen created the copter after his cat was killed when it was struck by a car. Via: CBC “It’s a tribute to the cat Orville, that was named after the famous aviator Orville Wright. After the cat was killed by a car, and followed by a period of mourning, visual artist Bart Jansen transformed him into the
 If you are going to be building your own go kart, this DIY Electric Go-Kart Project Build is sure to give you lots of ideas. The design isn’t flashy but looks to be functional and lots of fun to drive. I wonder how many out takes there are where it smashes into some of he walls? Looking through some of the other videos on their Youtube channel shows what
Thanks to hairygael for sending in his latest project. “This hand was printed on a 3D Touch and designed in Blender, controled through Netfab and sliced with Kisslicer. This is a video showing the progress after installing and programming the servos and the Arduino board. Sketch for Arduino are available here: Right hand: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17773 Left hand: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18939“
Adam Savage talks about what he saw at Maker Faire. Most people know Adam from MythBusters but he has a history making movie props. “Savage has worked as an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, projectionist, film developer, television presenter, set designer, toy designer, and gallery owner. He worked as a model maker on the films Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, The Matrix
 Easton LaChappelle (HalfFullEffects from Youtube) just took second place in the world in engineering at the Pittsburgh international science fair. I like the way he created his own servo motor, instead of just bolting a store bought servo into his project he used a DC motor which was connected to a potentiometer. The potentiometer was then used as feedback for determining the exact position of the motor. Watch the
Don’t we all want our personal green house with all of the automation that allows the plants to grow to their full potential. Tom from Invent Geek sent in their latest creation that Jared Bouck built, it can do help you automate your plant growing by using their Sprout Board which is Arduino powered. The structure is built from off the shelf parts and hand full of electronics bring
