Make Magazine v61

100 Pages·2017·39.84 MB·English

Build This Micro  
DRONES T ROBOTS T VIRTUAL REALITY
FPV Quad Racer
CYBORG
& THE SINO:BIT
BRINGING OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE TO CHINA
MAKERS OF SHENZHEN
CHINA’S SILICON VALLEY
OF HARDWARE, POP. 12M
DIY
DISASTER
RELIEF
LOTS OF
PROJECTS!
DAZZLING
RAINBOW
LIGHTBOX
DOGGIE TREAT
DISPENSER
BUDGET ROBOT
RADAR
TWIRL-A-SQUIRREL
BIRD FEEDER
BIGFACE BOX
LED BROOM
Naomi Wu
aka @realsexycyborg
AND MORE
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CONTENTS
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COLUMNS Robot-Ready Radar 56
An ultrasonic sensor and a single
Reader Input 06 servo let your bot sense its
Notes from readers like you. surroundings for less than $10.
Welcome: Culture and Kokedama String Garden 60
Creativity 07 Transform your plants into hanging
sculptures.
Traveling around the world, it’s clear
that making transcends borders. Fat Head 62 08
Made on Earth 08 Supersize your noggin with a lens and a
Backyard builds from around the globe. cardboard box.
DIY Bipedal Robot 64
FEATURES
Open source and customizable, Otto
can dance and avoid obstacles.
Fighting Disasters 14
Extreme circumstances require Electronics Fun &
extreme making. Fundamentals:
Reality Check 18 Ohm Sweet Ohm 66
Make VR your own with these DIY builds. Lessons learned installing custom
LED driveway lighting.
Maker ProFile: Tipping the
A Clean Sweep 69
Scale 20
Light up your broom with LEDs from a
Scott Miller’s manufacturing insights,
scavenged worklight.
and Dragon Innovation’s next move.
Build a Crappy Robot 70
DRONES
Not only will it be entertaining, the
process will offer valuable lessons.
3D Printed Micro FPV
Amateur Scientist:
Quadcopter 22 28
Small-Scale Solar Power 72
This flyweight racer is fast, first-
person, and fearless fun to fly. Transform a 25-watt semi-flexible
panel into a practical battery charger.
Doctoring Drones 28
Twirl-A-Squirrel 76
Let your imagination take flight with
toy-inspired quad builds. Mod your bird feeder to (gently) evict
furry thieves via remote control.
DIY Drone Recovery
Boost Your Bubbles 82
Parachute 29
Combine helium and air to float clouds
Sensors determine if your aircraft’s in
of soapy water.
trouble and return it safely..
SHENZHEN SKILL BUILDER
STANDOUTS The Big Finish 86
The when, how, and why of using paste 46
Cyborg and the sino:bit 30
wax for wood.
Naomi Wu creates China’s first certified
Open Source Hardware project. Make the Switch 88
Turn on or off electronic relays by
Inside Edition 36
applying or removing specific voltages.
Shenzhen’s locals leverage the
region’s assets to advance its global
TOOLBOX
maker leadership.
Shenzhen Goes Pro 42 Toolbox 90
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Maker Faire returns to the city with a Gear up with reviews of the latest tools
new venue and a pro theme. and kits for makers.
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Review: Brother SE625 94
PROJECTS
Color touchscreen control makes a
Rainbow Lightbox 46 great line of machines even better.
Build a color quantizer out of mylar
SHOW & TELL
and scotch tape.
Text a Treat 52 Show & Tell 96
This system dispenses snacks and Dazzling projects from inventive 64
sends a pic of your pooch, all via SMS. makers like you.
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Culture and Creativity
BY MIKE SENESE, executive editor of Make: magazine
Part of my job is traveling would convene in the girls’
to Maker Faires and other classroom to discuss each day’s
Make: events, sometimes in far- progress. In those meetings we
off places, where I get to meet all quickly noted that, day after
the diverse and enthusiastic day, the girls’ projects exhibited
members of our community, see creativity and quality that
the projects they’re making, and exceeded that of the boys’ — in
help share their stories. spite of (or perhaps due to) the
Last year I had two big trips: limitations placed on them.
the first to Maker Faire Kuwait, The highlight of the trip
which proudly hosted a large was Sarah Dosary, one of the
number of women engineers facilitators, inviting us to her
as exhibitors, something I women-only makerspace,
documented in Make: Vol. 58 TekSpacy. We drove across
(“Standing Out,” page 18). The Riyadh in the heat of the
second was a 12-day trip to afternoon sun to get to her
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first pristine, cozy shop, fully equipped
segment of a 3-week maker- with 3D printers, laser and CNC
education summer camp at cutters, design tools, and more.
industrial conglomerate Sabic, She explained that women could
for which we designed and ran work there without their niqabs
This rotating cardboard shawarma automata is a
student project from the first week of the Sabic camp. the curriculum. and abayas, focusing on making
I embarked on that trip with projects and starting businesses.
a lot of curiosity and a little It stood in stark contrast to what
trepidation. What I found there we hear about how women in
was, in many ways, not unlike Saudi Arabia live. While unable
most other places I’ve been to drive cars and requiring a
— the hosts were great, the male escort for many day-to-day
locals were welcoming, and activities, here women could
the facilitators we worked with, work with business incubators to
recent grads from Saudi Arabia start companies and help other
and the surrounding countries, women do the same. Within the
were a warm and open group, confines of the Saudi society,
instantly bonding and quickly Sarah had found a way to express
grasping the content. herself, not unlike the girls in the
As is customary in Saudi class she was helping facilitate.
Arabia, the program had the In this issue, I’m excited for our
boys’ and girls’ groups divided spotlight on the women shaping
and placed into two different Shenzhen. There are makers like
parts of the facility, with them and Sarah all over — we
facilitators of the same gender, would love to learn about them
and a strict rule that the men all and share their stories, as
couldn’t enter the women’s side we aim to better promote the
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Sarah Dosary shows off TekSpacy’s the students left, the facilitators way: [email protected]. Mi
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