A project journal.
Elroy is a table lamp with a unique feature the shade can dynamically change, at the swipe of a finger, to a new style or pattern to complement your mood, the time of day, or an event, all from your phone or web browser. Elroy is a concept and personal DIY project. I’ll share Continue reading "The Elroy Lamp: A transparent LCD lamp" The post The Elroy Lamp: A transparent LCD lamp first appeared on…
This is my 3rd post in a series on building a DIY Drop-on-Demand Inkjet Platform. In this post, I am building a camera and lighting rig for capturing moments in the drop formation and jetting sequence. Requirements: The nozzle orifice of a piezo inkjet may be 10s to 100s of microns. While drop diameter will Continue reading "Drop Observation Camera" The post Drop Observation Camera first appeared…
This is my second post in a series on building a DIY Drop-on-Demand Inkjet Platform. In my first post, I broke out the components required for the platform. In this post, I m building the first: An arbitrary waveform generator. This component produces the signal that drives the piezo (good detailed explanation here). When we re working Continue reading "Waveform Generator" The post Waveform…
My goal with this project is to build a hobby-grade inkjet platform, from accessible parts, for $1000, that will enable myself and anyone to experiment with a piezo tube dispenser and different fluids. These types of lab setups are commercially available and commonly used in academia and industry, but prohibitively expensive for most of us Continue reading "DIY Drop-on-Demand Inkjet Platform" The…
A few weeks back, I saw a great video from Maker s Muse on YouTube, describing how to make custom 3 3 puzzles (eg. a Rubik s cube) out of any 3 dimensional model. I ve always been curious about how these puzzles work, so what better way to learn than to make my own? Yup. It s a brain. Continue reading "Brain Puzzle" The post Brain Puzzle first appeared on Kyle's Make Blog .
I mentioned in my Digital Gallery Wall post that it would be easy to build a remote control for Meural Canvases. Here it is: This was super easy because each Meural Canvas is wifi-connected and has a tiny webserver. The commands are exposed through a REST interface. So if you know the local IP address Continue reading "Meural Remote" The post Meural Remote first appeared on Kyle's Make Blog .
We make bean-to-bar chocolate in our kitchen and I m often trying out different ideas to improve our process. The Chocovibe CV100 is a vibration table for molding tempered chocolate. Tempered chocolate has distinctive shine and appealing texture. A temper is achieved by heating and cooling the chocolate to precise points where certain crystal structures form and Continue reading "The Chocovibe…
Build process: Modeling. Build process: Silicone molds. Build process: Concrete. Build process: Mounting and framing. The post Parametric Coral Tubes, Concrete Wall Sculpture first appeared on Kyle's Make Blog .
My wife is a serious amateur photographer. A few years ago, we created a photo wall in her office to showcase her framed images. We always intended to swap out the images with new photos over time, but 4 years later, the same images were in these frames We thought about creating a digital photo Continue reading "Digital Gallery Wall" The post Digital Gallery Wall first appeared on Kyle's Make Blog…
Idea: My cat has a bristle-bot style toy, but it s not a favorite. He ll watch it as it wanders randomly around the floor, but he doesn t really engage with a toy unless it hides goes behind other objects so he can strategize about where it s going to show up next. The style of motion Continue reading "A Bluetooth Mouse (for Cats)" The post A Bluetooth Mouse (for Cats) first appeared on Kyle's…