Make LED Greeting Cards Without Soldering 06/23/2015 Electronics greeting cards are a great, approachable project for beginners to assemble in under an hour. You won’t need to...
Agile Hexapod Sees with Market’s Smallest, Lowest Cost LIDAR 06/18/2015 At the Bay Area Maker Faire, we saw one of the coolest autonomous robots ever: Rhoeby, a navigation-capable hexapod. While the...
How to Find the Center of A Circle With Only A Ruler or Square 06/15/2015 If you need to drill a hole in the center of a circular material, obviously you’ll have to find the...
Skill Builder: The Anatomy of a File 06/12/2015 The file is a basic tool, but it would be a mistake to call it simple. Files come in a variety...
Robot Battles Are Coming to Your Living Room 06/12/2015 Ever wanted your own personal BattleBot competition? Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what the Bot Bash Party service...
The Future of Robotics and DIY Medical Technology 06/09/2015 At the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire, Carol Reiley spoke on the future of robots in our lives, in medical...
Skill Builder: Understanding Different Soldering Iron Tips 06/01/2015 There are hundreds of different soldering iron tip shapes and sizes used in everything from jewelry making to plumbing to...
A Backyard Roller Coaster the Whole Family Can Build 05/14/2015 Will Pemble started building his backyard roller coaster in 2013 and has now begun to help others build their own...
Skill Builder: Quick Tips for Using Vacuum Gauges 05/01/2015 When you’re working with projects involving vacuum pumps, a vacuum gauge will show you the pressure in the chamber being...
Skill Builder: 4 Wire Strippers You Should be Using 05/01/2015 The value of a good pair of wire strippers is often overlooked until they’ve disappeared from your toolbox. Here are...
