This kit is pretty simple so it would be a good kit to learn about soldering. It took me about an hour to put together, but a seasoned solderer could put it together faster. Download the pdf and print it out to have next to you as you put this together. This PDF has lots […]
Arduino Fever – In MAKE 07 we have a tale of a cute, blue microcontroller that fits nicely in the palm of your hand, and the expanding community of developers who love and support it – here’s a PDF to check out – Link & get MAKE videos and PDFs delivered automatically with iTunes/RSS reader […]
In this video Jake McKenzie, Matt Dalton, and Bre Pettis show how to put together a persistence of vision gadget that you can put on your bicycle. Persistence of vision is a perceptual process where your brain holds an image in it’s head for a moment. This process is what lets us think that movies […]
In MAKE 07 we feature I-Wei Huang, one of my favorite Makers who creates all sorts of steam powered RC controlled robots – When not digitally animating the creatures he dreams up, I-Wei Huang uses steam to breathe life. A 3D animator by day, Huang’s extracurricular interests are far from virtual. In his free time, […]
Ok Makers, here’s a excerpt from MAKE 07 – The Two-Can Stirling Engine by William Gurstelle. The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model that runs on almost any high-temperature heat source. Page 90 – Link (PDF). This PDF should show up in […]
In this Weekend Project, Bre teaches how to make a pinhole camera, turn your bathroom into a darkroom and make contact prints. Make sure to read the instructions for this post if you’re interested in shooting some DIY photographs! Making photographs without a lens is fun and watching photographs develop is magic. Click here to […]
These instructions go hand in hand with a video I made to help you learn how to make a pinhole camera, set up a darkroom and make prints. Make sure to go check out http://blog.makezine.com/archive/make_podcast/ to see the video that goes along with these instructions. These instructions are a bit on the long side with […]
