Here is a fairly easy way to make a digital balance. It is able to measure amounts less than 1 milligram. A balance with this resolution is still be fairly expensive, so building one may be a great solution for those budding chemists with a limited budget. Digital balance
MAKE will be at the Robo Business 2008 conference April 8th to the 9th and then on the 10th will likely hit the Andy Warhol museum as well as hoping to meet up with some Pittsburgh, PA Makers – post up in the comments if you’re around and/or want to meet up! We’ll have tons […]
Don’t forget, the March meeting is tonight! I’ll be speaking on “Darkside Rocketeer,” my article from Volume 13 of MAKE, about self-taught American rocket scientist Jack Parsons, co-founder of JPL and Aerotech. Tom Lee will be speaking on low-cost approaches to bringing WiFi to Arduino. The Skinny: 7 PM – 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! […]
When I was a teen rocket geek, I had an almost fetishistic fascination with launch controllers. In our rocket club, we could afford only the most basic single button/key/light controllers wired to a car battery. But we could dream… about devices such as this beauty, a fully tricked-out 12-channel wireless control system for fireworks. DIY […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Laen built this LED birthday candle, “Made from a home-made flip-flop circuit, a pill bottle, and some foil.” The foil protrusion at the top may look like a wick, but it’s actually a contact for a breath controlled switch – if it’s blown into contact with the left […]
The Illusion PC, part of Microsoft’s Next-Gen PC Design competition via Gizmodo.
Jason Lane builds some very awesome mechanical sculpture from reclaimed machinery parts. He has a particular talent for animal forms and movements all rendered in an ingenious toy-like manner – in addition, his mechanical rocking chair and musical human hamster wheel are not to be missed. Be sure to check out this video to see […]
