MAKER MOVEMENT PROJECTS

Adding a new page – Bill’s Projects

I am adding a new page to the blog called Bill’s Projects. I am a maker and like to make a lot of different stuff and share my experiences with others. I post things to many different forums all around the internet and because of this it might be difficult for folks to find info […]

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FIRST BATCH OF MAKERSLIDE NEARLY READY TO SHIP

  Barton Dring the creator of Makerslide sent his Kickstarter supporters news that the first batch of Makerslides has been received and will be shipping soon. Dring posted an update which talked about his trip to the aluminum extruder plant to take delivery of the first batch of Makerslides. From reading the report it sounds […]

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Minibloq v0.8 Alpha’s New Features Kickstart your Arduino Without Programming.

Minibloq v0.8 Alpha  is an new open source Graphical Development Interface that will kickstart your Arduino Programming without making you write code. As I reported in June of this year Julian da Silva released the Alpha version of the open source Minibloq program to his backers on Kickstarter. I got my copy and within minutes […]

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Teen Scientist shows how to control Robots with an Ipad

RobotGrrl Erin Kennedy has pushed back another barrier to easy Robotics. This talented teen is using an iPad to control her Arduino powered Robot RoboBrrd‘s servos.  RobotGrrl created an iPad app which will allow her to feed her Feather covered robotic bird using the iPad tablet’s touch screen. Dragging virtual fruit to RoboBrrds beak on […]

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Meet RoboBrrd

This is a continuation of an interview Makermasters.com did with RobotGrrl, a teen Robot maker. BILL:       – What caught my attention from your projects was the RoboBrrd.  Could you tell me a little bit about RoboBrrd. ROBOTGRRL:      Sure, so one night, Adafruit Industries contacted me after they read my blog, and they said, “Hey, can […]

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