This article appeared in Make: Vol. 91. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The kazoo falls into a category of musical instrument that I would describe as “very easy to make noise, deceptively hard to sound good.” All you have to do to make a kazoo do its thing is to hum into it! But in order to play in tune, you have to hum in tune. In other words — you have to be...
This article appeared in Make: Vol. 90. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! Until recently, I relied on the Xiaomi Mi Flora to monitor my indoor plants. While it provided useful plant care info, it had some interface limitations, requiring their specific app for configuration. One day, I noticed some missing data and suspected the battery had died. However, upon searching for the sensor, it was nowhere to be found. I organized a search party...
Another spin on the ESP32 + 1.28″ round touchscreen formula, this time from the incredibly innovative M5Stack. What makes this one stand out is the rotary dial that surrounds the screen, providing a unique and charming user input method, which combined with an RFID reader and integrated M5StampS3 makes it great for home automation projects where temperature or light levels require convenient adjustment, as well as user identification and authorization.
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