Here’s a fun and easy action game: the Spin ’N Spill Balancing Bot. Stack the gears onto the tippy balancing robot — but be careful! If you cause him to drop or spill, you lose! This game is easy to make, especially if you have access to a laser cutter. 1/8″ MDF is a good […]
Sometimes a collection of parts just comes together perfectly. I’m not sure what I find so captivating about this tiny cauldron from Adafruit, but it really struck me as fantastic. I’ve seen so many boiling cauldrons around Halloween, but the bluetooth connectivity and 3d prints being perfectly fit to a circuit playground makes this a […]
A Cold junction In 1798, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier was just 13 years old and although he came from a poorly educated family in rural France, people already were beginning to notice the youngster’s intellectual talents. Besides being an avid reader of nearly any book he could get hold of, Peltier showed an aptitude for […]
Paul from Litiholo wrote us to show off a little project they’re doing for Halloween. They’ve made this little spooky skeleton hologram in a casket that flashes to life when someone hits the doorbell. Look, we know that this is pretty much just an ad for their DIY hologram kits, but we were passing this […]
Upcycle a TV satellite dish and give back to nature
If you love rockets, you can’t help but notice that real space launch vehicles lift off the pad slowly,but model rockets zip up like darts. That’s how I became obsessed with using thrust vector control (TVC) — gimbaling the rocket motor — instead of fins to keep model rockets upright, so they can launch, and […]
There are many reasons to visit Maker Faire Shenzhen. Some come to take a look at the innovative applications of technology by global makers, Some come to get involved and experience the fun of hands-on creation. Some come to learn about the highlights of science and technology and the crossover collaborations by artists But the […]
