Technology

The Biggest Little Chip: An Intro to the Versatile 555 Timer

Chain three 555s together to create a gadget that will allow you to impose a time limit in games like checkers or Scrabble.

By using heat shrink tubing, you can follow Jeremy Cook’s method of creating a battery pack. It’s both quick and easy.

A French fablab, La Casemate, was burned down by arsonists who hoped to destroy an institution they believed to be notoriously toxic.

Lucas Pacentrilli built a remote to make things easier on his girlfriend’s grandfather, who struggled with changing sources on his TV.

Noodle! Coins uses low power Bluetooth to crowdsource connectivity for maker devices at a radically cheap price.

Watch an AI drone pilot dominate the competition, buy a statue of a reimagining of Frankenstein’s monster, or add a tablet to your workbench.