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Articles Written by: MIKE DIXON
World's Smallest Flapping Wing Flyer?
With a wingspan of 8cm, total length of 8cm, and weighing in at just 1.52g, this RC X-wing type flyer whirs around this gymnasium like a dragonfly for a surprisingly lengthy amount of time, despite what must be a ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
9 Jan 2009
Here's a noise-making card/circuit that I built using a 555 timer IC and some other junk parts I had around the house. The robot "talks" by squeezing the leads of one of the capacitors that make his body. Mr. Frauenfelder's head controls the pitch of ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
23 Dec 2008
Assembling the doll:
(Here's a video of a properly adjusted escapement, notice that the auto-adjustment pin moves very slightly as I press down on the tea tray to let the escape wheel move. Also notice that the escapement does not hit either the side ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
14 Dec 2008
Co-Robot Kit
This little robot is tough! Run by a single motor, he walks with a decidedly "angry" pace. If he falls over, he picks himself up again! An awesome design with an amazing gear mechanism, he will not quit! Over 50,000 sold in Japan and a hit ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
9 Dec 2008
Following up on the previous post covering Make: Tokyo Meeting 02, here are more photos and info from this event. This time there were over 60 presenters and over 1,200 people in attendance (twice as many makers and guests as the first Make: Tokyo ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
5 Dec 2008
This mini Super 8 kit will project Super 8, Single-8 and Regular 8mm film and runs on three AA batteries, it's hand cranked with a white LED light source and comes with an empty take-up reel and bonus splicing tape. Measures 8.5 inches high and weighs ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
3 Dec 2008
MAKE: Tokyo Meeting 02 was held on 11/8 at Tokyo's Tama Art University, and the MAKE: Japan events just keep getting bigger, better, and wonderfully wilder. Here are a few highlights gleaned from the massive influx of pictures, video, and bloggings ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
20 Nov 2008
A plastic cup with the styrene foam ring placed inside it for extra support.
Playing the Cups:
As the diagram indicates, you should remove two of the three weights during playback.
At this point you can also widen the angle of the needle to the cup so ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
18 Nov 2008
We made our bags controlled with LilyPad Arduino (kawaii microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles), we were enjoying to succeed blinking our products.
Check out a video:
More stuff from Make: Tokyo Meeting 02 coming soon, stay tuned ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
11 Nov 2008
Getting Additional Scenes
One of the main complaints people have about this app is that they like the scenes, but that there aren't enough of them. So let's go get some. Point your favorite browser or FTP program over to the scene repository and grab a ...
From MIKE DIXON,
MAKE: Blog,
8 Nov 2008
