Year: 2008

Make electricity with the back shed

Make electricity with the back shed

Brian sends this about The Back Shed, a great site with info about windmills and renewable energy. There is an excellent page about getting started with windmills. Particularly interesting isthe project for converting junker computer parts and pvc into a wind powered battery charger. Home made wind generators have been around for decades, with designs […]

Handheld synth-strument trio

Handheld synth-strument trio

From the MAKE: Flickr pool Farnea’s “last drones” are quite nicely built mini-synths, representing 3 very popular DIY electronic instruments – the last drones built for my friends, playing with me in Elisha Gray band. on the left FESTER, the optical theremin. on the top Ag0 LOLLOSO, the weird sound generator. on the right WHAT […]

MAKE presents: The Resistor

Simple, commonplace and absolutely vital to our electronic world – take a closer look at the current-fighting backbone of circuitry, the resistor! Download the m4v file or subscribe in iTunes The resistor really is a deep and rich topic to explore. There were a number of topics I would’ve liked to cover in this video, […]