No-friction bicycle dynamo light kit
Here’s a kit (and how to make) a no-friction bike light dynamo. Learn about electromagnetic induction and make a bike light! – Thanks Hone Link.
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Japanese do-it-yourself cars
Spluch writes – Mitsuoka Motor, a Japanese company, has just unveiled a micro kit car “K-4”, equipped with a 50cc engine on its classical tested sports car body, developed for the do-it-yourself customers in Tokyo. It is composed of more than 500 parts and takes approximately 40 hours to assemble. The Kit-Car measures just under […]
Assembly of vacuum tube radio kit
Shawn sent in a neat video from a radio hobbyist in Toronto, Canada, who’s put together a Gakken regenerative radio kit he ordered from Japan. “It’s a vacuum tube regenerative receiver for the AM broadcast band. Even though the instructions are only in Japanese, the illustrations in the instruction manual make it easy enough to […]
RFID experimentation kit
They’re sold out, but this a good bundle to get started with RFID — Dare You Experiment with the RFID Devil? Depending on who you ask, RFID technology is either the “Mark of the Beast”, or a global panacea destined to rescue the grocery stores and Walmarts of the world from shoplifting. But any good […]
MAKE Daisy open source MP3 player reviewed
Jonny over at NippyChips reviewed our MAKE Daisy open source MP3 player – This is a great little MP3 player and was a blast to put together, and fit into the neat case that I found. I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in electronics. The kit makes the whole process simple, and a […]
SheekGeek educational kits
SheekGeek has a lot of great educational robotics kits for all ages… Picture here, The W.A.S.P – The W.A.S.P Original Robotic Kit is designed to help introduce children age 12 and up to robotics, electronics, and mechanics. The name W.A.S.P stands for “Wiggling and Spinning Photovore” which describes the action and the type of the […]
diyAudioProjects.com – DIY Audio projects
diyAudioProjects.com has several DIY (do it yourself) audio projects for the electronics hobbyist and woodworker. Pictured here, the 12AX7 line level tube preamplifier kit. Thanks Giovanni! DIY Audio Projects | diyAudioProjects.com – Link.