Here’s a neat weather station from some students @ the Oregon Institute of Technology – “The Remote Weather Station (RWS) is a computerized weather monitoring system using MINI-MAX/51-C micro-controller board from BiPOM Electronics and various sensors. RWS consists of two separate modules ( display module and weather module ) that are wirelessly linked together. RWS […]
Artist Thomas Raschke makes incredible “real” wire frames of objects. Here’s an entire room and radio… [via] – Link.
In the 50’s and 60’s John T. Frye, W9EGV / Popular Electronics published a series of fiction stories called “The Carl and Jerry stories” – In each story the pair acquired new skills, got their ham radio licenses and used their knowledge of electronics to get out of a jam or solve a mystery – […]
A vintage Kirby vacuum hunting trophy – Link & more fun at the Holistic forge works…
Now *this* is a Mac collection, check out the homemade Mac bar! – Link.
Ever wonder what’s in fix-a-flat? The February 2007 issue of wired tells you! “Amorphous polyolefin – In the can, this shapeless mass of polymeric olefins (low-density plastics like poly-propylene and poly-ethylene) remains dissolved in the heavy aromatic naphtha. But once Fix-a-Flat is sprayed into the tire, the plastics coat the inner surface and plug the […]
First we showed you how to solder.. now learn how to use a multimeter – This video will show you how to: Test voltage Test current Test resistance Continuity Test batteries … and more! Go get your metering on’ Multimeter Tutorial – Make: Video Podcast – Link. Multimeter Tutorial – Make: PDF Podcast – Link.
