Will This Real-Life Thor’s Hammer Let You Pick it Up?
With a few simple components, these pranksters were able to build Thor’s Hammer so that it truly only responds to whosoever is worthy.
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Winter Is Coming: Make a Heated Beanie Using Carbon Fiber
Learn how to harness the conductive capabilities of carbon fiber with this beanie — it’s like an electronic blanket for your noggin.
Learn Electronics from the World’s Oldest Drum Machine
A new video series uses an obsolete drum machine to teach everything from voltage to vacuum tubes.
How and When to Use Protoboard
If you’re ready to finalize a breadboarded circuit, but not quite ready to create a printed circuit board, then your next step is protoboard.
Artists Bring the Human Element to Industrial Design
Core77, a network serving cutting-edge designers, will host their Designing Here/Now Conference next week in Los Angeles.
BeagleBoard Officially Reveals the X15 — And it’s a Beast
The BeagleBoard X15 is the latest development board from the BeagleBoard.org foundation and it is one powerful, open source hardware puppy!
Watch These Electronic Badges Evolve
Designed for Burning Man and powered by Orchard, these badges mimic genetics. When two badges come into contact, their light pattern changes.