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| Autonomous Robots, Cars, and Drones… What Will You Do with Lidar? |
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| Lidar technology, bouncing laser light off objects to detect distances, is powering the new wave of autonomous vehicles from the likes of Google and others. But as new units aim for lower prices, Lidar is primed to reach a wider base of makers. Here are some examples of what's on the horizon. |
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Hacking a Star Wars AT-AT to Actually Walk
An Arduino Uno and a love for The Empire Strikes Back inspired maker Dave Stein to build his own imperial walker. “I basically wanted my vintage AT-AT Walker toy to work how I always dreamed when I was a kid,” Stein says, echoing every Star Wars fan ever. | |
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Maker Camp is Coming to Shape:
We've teamed up with the folks at AT&T during Shape, a tech expo running July 15–16 at San Francisco's famed AT&T Park, to present Maker Camp Live! Maker Camp Live combines the best parts of summer camp with starter projects that kids can work on together with adult Makers onsite. Register now and use code MAKE for a free Expo pass. | |
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Grow Crystals That Glow with Magnetic Induction
It's relatively cheap, quick, and easy to make LEDs glow wirelessly. Use basic wireless electricity circuits and DIY crystal-growing techniques to come up with ambient lighting that can be used for both indoor and outdoor environments. | |
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Summer-Long Southeast Asia Makerthon Tackles Sustainability Challenges
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City, groups of young Vietnamese were busy combining traditional materials and digital fabrication techniques to create products and business models with little to no waste. It's part of an ongoing challenge to more than 1,000 makers across 6 countries to solve local sustainability issues. | |
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These Custom Night Vision Goggles Don't Even Look Homemade
This slick DIY rig uses a Raspberry Pi to combine a NoIR Pi camera and Flir Lepton thermal imaging camera so you can see in the dark. Inspired by video game HUDs and Sci-Fi optics, now you can prowl around your house like a virtual ninja. | |
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| Rise and shine campers! ➔
Maker Camp, the FREE virtual summer camp provides 24 projects to keep kids busy making all summer long. Check it out! | |
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| Battlebots is back ➔
Join us every Thursday @ 8PM (PST) where we will be live tweeting each episode with behind-the-scenes exclusives and prize giveaways. | |
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