Will Robots Do What We Want?
Editor’s note: this article is republished from Make: Volume 93. Pick up a copy in the Maker Shed.
This robot picks locks using brains instead of brawn
RAS2025-07-22T23:59:52+00:00Arduino Team — July 23rd, 2025 A physical lock, like what secures your front door, has a finite and calculable number of combinations, just like a digital keypad does. There are a set number of pins in the lock and each can be one of a set number of lengths. Each of those numbers varies based on manufacturer and model, but that information is easy to find. As a result, it is possible to brute force...
Taking A Close Look At Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot On Test
RAS2025-07-22T16:34:55+00:00Last week, we were the first to break the news that Bandai Namco were testing out a brand new Resident Evil 2 Remake-based arcade shooter, Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot. At that time, all there was to go off of was a single shot quietly posted to social media, but now there is considerably more out there previewing this title. Longtime site friend and reader Toby Na Nakhorn has since captured the first detailed photos and videos of the...
Made in SF – Manufacturing Electronics, Locally
RAS2025-07-22T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol 93. Subscribe for more great projects. My career never prepared me for electronics manufacturing. In 2011, I had time on my hands after leaving a biotechnology company I had helped start, and my daughter’s head of school asked if I’d help set up a new makerspace in their 6–12 grade school. As a lifelong tinkerer who believed in the importance of making in education, I jumped at the chance. I ended...
Sega Amusements Ships Alpha Ops VR Strike
RAS2025-07-21T20:25:59+00:00Arcade virtual reality is getting a shot in the arm again, as Sega Amusements have begun shipping their latest major release to use the technology – Alpha Ops VR Strike. We have the full details for this new VR on rails shooter below.
Alpha Ops VR Strike – Background
First unveiled as a prototype at IAAPA 2024 after a couple of location tests in the UK and US, Alpha Ops VR Strike marks Sega Amusements...Creative Cutlery
RAS2025-07-21T16:00:00+00:00This article is from Make Vol. 71! Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. Here’s another great project from the Make: archives. According to Karina Olsen, the biggest mistake you can make in welding class is telling your instructor that you’re finished early. “Once the instructor knows that you need more work, they will find random, ungraded projects for you to do until your classmates catch up with...
July 21, 2025RASUncategorizedart, Art & Sculpture, Craft & Design, Made On Earth, make71, Makers, silverware, Upcycling0 Comments
Dive into satellite IoT with the new Arduino-compatible Iridium Certus 9704 Development Kit
RAS2025-07-21T12:00:49+00:00IoT (Internet of Things) devices can be very useful, but they do, by definition, require internet access. That’s easy enough when Wi-Fi® is available, and it is even possible to rely on LoRa® and cellular data connections to transmit data outside of urban areas. However, deploying an IoT device to a truly remote location has been difficult and expensive in the past. Now, that’s changing thanks to the new 9704 Development Kit, created by Iridium to make satellite-based IoT...
Episode #794 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49
RAS2025-07-20T15:56:18+00:00Air Week: July 21-27, 2025
Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock n’...July 20, 2025RASUncategorized1940s, 1950s, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, blues, instrumentals, R&B, Rhythm & Blues, Uncategorized, Women0 Comments
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo Updates; Buckfest; JAWS 50th; Headlines & More
RAS2025-07-19T17:39:29+00:00Welcome to Newsbytes, a regular series of posts which focus on quick news pieces from around the wonderful world of arcades & pinball. We generally aim to publish these on the weekend so that you have something to read about them. As mentioned before news has been slow in the dog days of Summer, but this should round up everything we’ve missed over the past few weeks. Onward:
Bowl Expo 2025 Updates
To start things off,...Alan-1 Launches Missile Command: Recharged Arcade
RAS2025-07-19T02:27:50+00:00It’s been 45 years since Atari originally released the iconic Missile Command to arcades (released in June 1980) and in all of that time, it’s the only iteration of the game to have graced arcade game rooms – until now. Alan-1 Inc., one of our sponsors here and local to me, have released the game, which they are debuting at California Extreme 2025 tomorrow. Let’s take a quick look into it.
