QRPMe, Rex Harper’s site for QRP (reduced-power) amateur radio kits, has a nifty little prototyping board that fits inside of a mint tin and could be used for other types of mint tin projects. The board (and a mint tin to house it) cost $12 postpaid. While you’re on his site, check out some of […]
Flickr user arms22 came up with this little “hack” to add at-a-glance color-coding to the resistor chart in his Maker’s Notebook. You could also just do neater colored squares, or outline the boxes for each color name, so you wouldn’t have to color in the entire row. arms22’s photostream More: Maker’s Notebook homepage In the […]
From the Chromoscope intro: Ever wanted X-ray specs or super-human vision? Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from X-rays to the longest radio waves. Seen above is an image in visible light and in radio waves (408 MHz) [via Tim O’Reilly’s Twitter feed]
Playing card constructions By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics At The Math Museum, we think it’s important to challenge oneself with mind-expanding tasks. Here are two rather challenging constructions which look simple, but may stymie you for hours. When you’re done, you’ll have something unique to show your friends. The ball at left […]
Wow! Kato-san’s new TETRA micromouse robot totally confounded competitors with his innovative ‘out-of-the-box’ design and record setting times during the early matches. Unfortunately the lighting conditions, or other unknown factors, defeated TETRA during the final Expert Class event. Read more @ ROBOT DREAMS…
Lenore, of Evil Mad Scientist Labs, has a brief piece on their site about holiday decorating using vintage electronic components. I’ve always been as fascinated by the aesthetics of electronics parts as I am by their functionally. They do make great jewelry, junkbot art, wine charms, charm-charms… and (who’d a thunk it?) Christmas tree ornaments. […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from CRAFT recently: Arduino Cake Lighted Wedding Dress Indexed Magnets by Jessica Hagy in the Maker Shed How-To: Mistle-TIE Fighter
