Maker Jason Wolf sent us a link to his page detailing his build of half-mil Tesla Coil. Nice docs, with beautiful photos… and video. Thanks, Jason! [All our normal cautions and caveats go here about the dangers of working with high voltage, not doing anything boneheaded, ask your mother first, etc.] Wolf Engineering – High […]
I’m helping to organize a local monthly DIY community meeting in Phoenix, AZ. We’re calling ourselves Phoenix DIY, and our first meeting will be Wednesday, October 17th, at 7pm at Coffee Plantation in downtown Tempe. We want to have workshops and share our projects, ideas, and skills. Please come share and shape this community! Applicable […]
Jason writes – he Atari Punk Console is a simple electronic music circuit that you can easily put together in a weekend. The original concept was created by Forrest M. Mims III, writer of Getting Started in Electronics. At it’s simplest it’s just a 556 dual timer IC, a couple potentiometers, and a few capacitors […]
CNET has a mention about our new book ‘Making Things Talk’ here. I just received my preview copy (the book is from us at MAKE) and if you’re interested in getting knee deep in hardcore micro-controller programming for cool/artsy projects this is for you! More: Programming microcontrollers used to require an expensive development environment costing […]
LilyPad is a wearable e-textile technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. Each LilyPad was creatively designed to have large connecting pads to allow them to be sewn into clothing. Various input, output, power, and sensor boards are available. They’re even washable! – Link & more.
Carlos Vamos & the amazing visible AIRguitar demonstration – [via] Link.
Rebecca Stern (MAKE and CRAFT author!) has a cool project sensing “squeeze” she writes – I’m researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpreting the data from the sensor. This fulfills the “sensor project” for my […]
