The first annual Amazing Maker Award Projects are here! This juried competition highlights the creative and technical contributions of makers, as well as their social impact on a global scale. Join us celebrating all types of makerhood while also rewarding some truly spectacular work. Community voting is now open until July 15, 2022! To vote for your favorite projects, click ‘More’ on that project and vote, vote, vote. You can vote once a day per project.
omicro | Hand-operated spherical robot
Takuya Ichise
OMICRO is a robotic ball. It can be controlled from a smartphone or tablet, and when combined with the Apple Watch, multiple balls can be controlled simultaneously using only hand movements.
Community Votes: 10
MoreDirect Granules Extruder
Norbert Heinz
A drop in replacement extruder for common 3D printers that can process recycled plastics or brittle materials such as sugar
Community Votes: 3
MoreThe Wireless Human-Human Interface
Timothy Marzullo
Use the electrical power of your arm muscles to wirelessly control your friend's nervous system over the internet!
Community Votes: 98
MoreiGoBot – a GO game playing robot
Daniel Springwald
iGoBot is a robot that independently plays the Asian board game GO. To do this, it recognizes the human opponent's moves via camera and sets its own moves with a robot arm..
Community Votes: 3
MoreRoamer 2, the Almost Living Robot Pet
Michael Rigsby
Roamer 2, powered by capacitors, wanders about and recharges herself.
Community Votes: 37
MoreSUGO Finger (Awesome Finger)
ITARU KAWAKAMI
SUGO Finger doubles the number of human fingers in serial dimension, to extend the ability, everyday life, and mind of human race.
Community Votes: 32
MoreServo Wordclock v2
Moritz von Sivers
In this variation of the popular word clock, letters are projected from the back onto a screen, each letter is connected to a linear actuator that can be moved back and forth by a servo so that the projection changes size and focus.
Community Votes: 3
MoreDigital Cartridge for Super 8 Cameras
Clemens Mayer
A digital sensor drop in replacement for Super 8 film cartridges.
Community Votes: 12
MoreBe the Hamster
Joe Donoughe
I have created an 8' tall hamster wheel, that when a kid gets in it and start running, it grinds up ice to make a snow cone.
Community Votes: 6
MoreOpen Smartwatch
Paul Smith
The Open-Smartwatch consists of hardware modules, 3D printable cases and a custom operating system to build smartwatches with the goal that they can be assembled, repaired and modified by everyone.
Community Votes: 12
MoreBLE AI-driven Smartwatch Detecting Potential Sun Damage
Kutluhan Aktar
Log UV radiation and weather data on an SD card to train an Edge Impulse model. Then, run the model on XIAO BLE to get informed of potential sun damage over BLE via an Android application.
Community Votes: 23
MoreHacking Rubik’s Cube to control home appliances
Dhiraj Gehlot
Take automation to next level. Control any appliances with rubik's cube.
Community Votes: 2
MoreToolBus
Jeremy Trilling
The ToolBus is a mobile solar-powered innovation studio, built to empower boundless creative freedom.
Community Votes: 8
MoreFour Muses
Alana Balagot
Four experimental robotic instruments are controlled wirelessly with a MIDI keyboard and LED matrix display in four different modes.
Community Votes: 3
MorePink-to-Matic: a circular, zero waste printing system
Isabel Allaert
We’re punkers, DIY’s, makers and we make stuff, hands-on and with zero waste: meet the Pink-to-Matic, a zero waste system to stamp and print your heart out!
Community Votes: 1
MoreMAKE…a Difference
george ettenheim
This project is an effort to prototype a mobile vehicle based system to aide in rural disaster relief efforts.
Community Votes: 3
MoreDIY Solar Bottle Lamp
Debasish Dutta
Solar Bottle Lamp is a solar-powered light that is constructed from waste plastic bottles.
Community Votes: 24
MorexyzeeBot
Steve Craig
A scribble machine for kids using Arduino, DC Motors, Camera, Video Monitors, and ballpoint pens. A fun contraption to inspire kids to make and create artworks.
Community Votes: 5
MoreZainiac 19
Zain Hamdia
A humanoid robot utilizing mindstorm made of various materials such as wood, metal, and 3D printed parts.
Community Votes: 21
MoreTapeBlocks: Creative Circuit Making for All
Kirsten Ellis
TapeBlocks are the accessible, affordable, versatile and creative circuit making activity that is accessible for everyone including people living with a disability. TapeBlocks combine technology with creativity for play and exploration
Community Votes: 5
MoreCommunication Robot for Nursing home
Yoshiharu Kawamura
Buddy-kun is a robot that talks, instructs and guides singing and gymnastics, and plays musical instruments in kindergartens and nursing homes.
Community Votes: 2
MoreHow Plants Share Nutrients
Sofia Egan
A simulation of how trees share nutrients through mycorrhizal networks.
Community Votes: 4
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