RSSJoe Grand
Joe describes himself as "anal, goofy, high-strung, and obsessed with work." He grew up in Boston and has been involved in electronics since he was 7 years old. "Hardware hacking is, to me, a perfect example of 'anti-establishment'. Make a product do something it was never intended to do, add a personal touch, and make it your own. Not just buying a product and using it as is (which is what The Man wants you to do!)." Besides working on secret projects involving video games, toys, and consumer electronics for his company, Grand Idea Studio, Inc., Joe lives in San Diego where he runs, swims, cycles, and plays the drums.
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Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Voltage, current, and resistance are three staple quantities you'll encounter with anything that has electrons running through it. Here's how they all tie together.
In
Skill Builder
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 164
1966: A Big Year for Games
An afternoon with Ralph Baer, the "Father of Video Games."
From MAKE:
08: Toys and Games page 62
RFID for Makers
Build this kit to read radio frequency ID tags.
In
Theory & Practice
from MAKE:
06: Robots page 160
Full Mast Reception
Build your own satellite dish mast in three easy steps.
In
DIY: Television
from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 150
Reading and Drawing Schematics
Understanding schematics is a good baseline skill for makers, and not as hard as you think.
In
DIY: Workshop
from MAKE:
03: Cars and Halloween page 151
Retro Game Heaven: The Atari 2600 PC
After fitting a full-featured wireless PC system into an old Atari 2600 case, you can watch movies, surf the web, and play hundreds of retro games.
From MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment page 50
Peace and Quiet with the Flip of a Switch
How to add a power switch to an external drive without one!
In
DIY: Computers
from MAKE:
02: Home Entertainment page 141
Soldering and Desoldering
Step-by-step instructions for making (and unmaking) the perfect solder joint.
In
Skill Builder
from MAKE:
01: Make Premiere page 162
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Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Voltage, current, and resistance are three staple quantities you'll encounter with anything that has electrons running through it. Here's how they all tie together.
In
Skill Builder
from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics page 164
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Unsafe At Any Amperage?
Behind the scenes of our high-voltage dilemma: whether to publish a dangerously cool project in MAKE magazine's "Fringe" issue.
by Tom Anderson, Gareth Branwyn, Shawn Connally, Dale Dougherty, Mark Frauenfelder, Joe Grand, Saul Griffith, William Gurstelle, Bunnie Huang, Tom Igoe, Mister Jalopy, Steve Lodefink, John MacNeill, David Pescovitz, Charles Platt, Paul Spinrad, Phillip Torrone;
March 16, 2007
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