@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I was happy to see Robotis’s BIOLOID, these are somewhat well-known humanoid robot kits, but they’re also more than that – you can make spiders, probes, turtles, dino and excavator bots — a lot more fun when you get tired of people-bots walking around. More: Robotis- Link. More photos of […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member csf0137 has graced the pool with a collection of impressive wooden machine replicas. The one seen above is a recreation of Wilhelm Schickard’s calculating machine from the early 1600’s. It’s often assumed that calculation devices were first invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal – but Shickard’s machines predated Pascal’s […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Scientific Explorer had one of the most interesting areas with their colorful packaging, as I looked at “Disgusting Science” & “Disgusting Anatomy” and all the cool art of their kits I couldn’t help but think “Mark Frauenfelderian”. Oddly enough this is an Elmer’s (glue) company, I think that it made […]
If you etch your own PCBs, you know what a pain ferric chloride can be – difficult to dispose of, doesn’t last very long, and it can be a hassle to acquire at times. Well consider Copper Chloride in Aqueous Hydrochloric Acid. It’s inexpensive, made from common chemicals, lasts a very long time, and has […]
If you can ignore all the slow loading ads, Musique.com has a lot of different effects pedal schematics and tutorials that can be downloaded for free. AMZ is a resource with information about guitar effects pedals, stompboxes, audio circuits and tips on how to build them. There are fuzzbox schematics, signal booster projects, audio mixers […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I saw Kristal’s crystals for the first time in person, these are quartz-looking crystals you grow yourself. The crystal growth can be speed up and slowed down depending on the temperature, they grow in 2 to 7 days, but can grow longer/bigger for as long as you keep them in […]
Note form Jim @ TechShop, there are *more* coming! — TechShop is an open workshop space that provides its members with access to many tools and machines, and a place that they can just hang out and work on their projects. TechShop also offers lots of short, inexpensive classes on all the tools and equipment […]
