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Grab bag sorting how-to

Grab bag sorting how-to

David writes in – How-to sort a 1 pound grab-bag of small electronic components. I sort through one of the $1 grab-bags I purchased at the Austin Summer fest 2007 HAM meet up. The reason these grab-bags are cheap is that you have to do a lot of work to make the collection of parts […]

Voltage, current, and resistance

Voltage, current, and resistance

Here’s a handy resistor value chart from our article Voltage, Current, and Resistance in MAKE volume 10….Voltage, current, and resistance are three staple quantities you’ll encounter with anything that has electrons running through it. Here’s how they all tie together- Link. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition – Link.

Six inch gas turbine engine

Six inch gas turbine engine

Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a working prototype of what they are calling the world’s smallest gas turbine engine, a palm-sized motor they hope will one day be used to power autonomous robots and serve as a portable engine for personal transportation devices. “World’s smallest” gas turbine engine – Link