3D Printable Maker Playset 06/05/2012 : Chris Krueger of Arlington Heights, IL, wrote in to share his Maker Playset I thought I’d send along my...
Apple ][+ Teardown 06/04/2012 Todd Harrison of Mesa, AZ, wrote in with his teardown and restoration of a ’80s-era Apple. The very first computer...
Arduino-Controlled Robotic Arm Packs DIY Servo 06/01/2012 Easton LaChappelle, 16, of Mancos, CO, created his own servo by adding a potentiometer to a DC motor, and won...
Dollar Store Arc Reactor 05/31/2012 James Bruton of Southampton, UK, wrote in to share his dollar store (or 99p store in the UK!) Arc Reactor...
Asteroid-Grabbing Microspines 05/31/2012 NASA JPL researchers present a 250-mm diameter omni-directional anchor that uses an array of claws with suspension flexures, called microspines,...
Turn a Pencil Drawing Into a Capacitive Sensor 05/30/2012 Alan Chatham of Unojoy wrote an Instructable on using pencil drawings as capacitive sensors: Did you know? You can make...
RobotGrrl’s Heathkit Build Continues 05/30/2012 I’m following along as Erin “RobotGrrl” Kennedy continues to build the vintage Heathkit voltmeter she unboxed earlier this month. Now...
Copy Carving a Rotary Dial Telephone 05/29/2012 Matthias Wandel of woodgears.ca wrote in to share his Copy Carver project, with which he carved a telephone: So far...
HeinyBot Delivers the Beer 05/29/2012 Daniel of Valencia, Spain, built this clever waiter bot to dispense (warm?) beer: This time, I show the operation of...
Airsoft Gun Turned Into a Soldering Iron 05/25/2012 Instructables member mikeasaurus wrote in with his Airsoft Soldering Gun project, which adds the guts of a cordless soldering iron...