Boards Recap: From No Chips to New Chips, 2021 Has Been the Craziest Year
Struggling to find your favorite microcontroller, or even buy a new car this year? Here’s why everything is suddenly out of stock.
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The 2021 Maker Invent Calendar
Does the supply chain have your holiday shipping in a bind? No need to fret; get making instead! Every day, the Invent Calendar provides clever and creative gift ideas that will bring holiday cheer to all those you hold dear. This year’s Invent Calendar is brought to you by 3DEXPERIENCE® SOLIDWORKS for Makers. Click here to […]
Pulp Molding: How to Make Your Material
This week’s video is the fourth in the series about prototyping a proof of concept eco-friendly pulp molded wireless charger. This video follows the process of chopping up corrugated cardboard to produce the pulp slurry that is needed to make the fiber molded charging stand. The chopped fibers are suspended in a large container of water and […]
Future Fashion: Building A Self-Lacing Corset
I’ve always been intrigued by self-lacing shoes. I first saw them in Back to the Future Part II and I was blown away when Nike developed their own. But I wondered… could I put a self-lacing mechanism into a corset? In this video, I walk you through how I made a self-lacing corset. I started […]
Trenz Electronic Zynqberry FPGA
The Zynqberry FPGA development board is a Xilinx Zynq based board that takes on the universally recognized form-factor of the Raspberry Pi Model B ARM-based SBC (single board computer). Trenz Electronic is responsible for the design of the Zynqberry and has even created a followup board to it, the ZynqberryZero, which as one can probably […]
Help Set A World Record By Taking An Assistive Technology Course
December 3 is International Day Of Persons With Disabilities. In honor of that, Makers Making Change is hoping to set a world record, and you can help! They are aiming to have the most people ever to take an assistive technology course within 24 hours. The course is going to cover some basics about what […]
Accessing Digital On-Demand Manufacturing for Your Project
The contemporary generation of businesses is more conversant and involved in manufacturing on-demand. Many different products are now available on demand, ranging from medical devices to aerospace and automotive parts. The growth of on-demand manufacturing in the manufacturing sector has soon become an inevitable reality. As of today, quite a number of industrial projects are […]