John shows you how electric motors work! – No modern home should be without one – or maybe a dozen. You’ll find an induction motor in the fan, fridge, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, dishwasher, clothes drier, and the little pump that circulates water in the fish tank to stop the water turning green and the […]
How to make RF prototypes with foil, Al – If you like to build RF circuits, you know that you can’t usually use those white prototype boards (you know, the kind you shove wires into). These boards have enormous capacitance and other undesirable characteristics. They are OK for simple circuits, but RF circuits need something […]
Chris Seibold is hard at work on our second Big Hacks book, the Big Book of Apple Hacks, and he’s looking for contributors to help out with the book. Contributors to hacks books receive a copy of the book, credit within the book, and a small honorarium. Your contributions are done under a non-exclusive arrangement, […]
Lovely collection of amps and pedals (and some how-tos/schematics along the way) from Super-Freq – Link.
Gorgeous photos of electronics and nature… Link.
Here’s a green idea. How about forgetting the high power consuming computers you use everyday and invest in something that will save you lots in utility cash. The “Aleutia E1” desktop, designed for use in rural Africa consumes only 8W of power, which is 4% of what your typical 600W desktop machine powers from. It […]
I Make Projects writes – Amaze your friend(s) and terrify your enemies by granting yourself the ability to supernaturally sense wireless network hotspots! (Well, apparently supernaturally, anyway.) You will easily and quite literally “feel” wireless access points in the vicinity and automatically sense their signal strength as easily as you feel the wind on your […]
