The MetaWatch is a sweet-looking programmable watch that can be paired with an Android device via Bluetooth in order to bring some of the smartphoneโs functionality to the watch, reducing the need to haul out your phone to check on an alert.
Thomas Edison purportedly said that he didnโt fail 700 times in trying to make the incandescent light, he succeeded in proving 700 ways not to do it. Now it can be your turn. This fun science kit is designed to excite and engage experimenters of all ages in re-creating the development of the first light […]
MAKE contributorย John Iovine has been designing and improving affordable Geiger counters for decades. After Japanโs nuclear crisis last spring,ย his company was swamped with orders. Now theyโre working on even better designs and DIY kits. This analog counter detects betaย radiation above 36 kilo-electron volts (keV) and gamma above 7keV, signaling each radioactive particle detected with an […]
Everybody’s favorite hackable retro analog ribbon synth just got two new cousins: the Monotron Delay and the Monotron Duo. The names are pretty straight-up: The Monotron Delay has an analog “tape echo” effect, while the Duo has two individually-tunable oscillators.
By Sonya Nimri Anyone who’s ever taken on an ambitious home-improvement project knows what it’s like to have spare wood lying around – and to want nothing more than to get rid of it. This DIY project is a great way to turn scrap 4″x4″ lumber into a kid-friendly puzzle featuring their favorite animal. A […]
Making holograms became faster and easier a few years ago when Litiholo introduced its Instant Hologram film. Like old Polaroids, these film plates require no developing after exposure, which means, in about an hour, you can make your own transmission hologram of anything that will sit still next to the plate. The kit also includes […]
This amazing demo shows how you can transmit sound over a laser beam. The transmitter modulates power to a laser pointer with audio from aย headphone jack. The receiver is just an earphone and a solar cell; no power source. I assembled both in minutes, and it was strange (in a good way) to hear music […]
