The new Arduino Duemilanove is available in the Maker Shed. It’s a big bump in memory, which will allow for even more amazing code. I know I can always use a little more room for storing variables, and the new ATmega328 is the perfect solution. NEW! The Arduino Duemilanove has been upgraded to a more […]
This week we announced a lot of new bundles available in the Maker Shed. My personal favorite is the Welcome to MAKE bundle. It’s a great way to get started with MAKE Magazine. The bundle includes a (1) year subscription to MAKE magazine, a copy of The Best of MAKE and your own Maker’s Notebook. […]
To celebrate 60 days of web traffic on their site, open source kit makers Oomlout created a tangible graph using an acrylic base, hook-up wire, their automatic wire cutter, and some Arduino code. We’d like to think we had something to do with those long wires. 60 Day Anniversary More: Review: SERB Robot kit SERB […]
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The Gakken EX-System is a series of educational electronics kits produced by Gakken in the late 1970s. The kits use denshi blocks (also known as electronic blocks) to allow electronics experiments to be performed easily and safely. Over 25 years after its original release, one of the main kits from the series was reissued in Japan in 2002 and now you can get it here! Instruction Manual Included is in Japanese. English PDF Instructions available.
This easy to construct kit is a fun way to play with cellular automata and video synthesis. When complete you will be able to uncover endless visual and sound patterns on any TV, no programming necessary. Available in the Maker Shed. http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCG1
Hey look, here’s a bank that’s not afraid to loan. Fascinating idea. Wonder if it’ll work? From: Why does Open Source Hardware need a bank? Right now, the status quo, emerging trend for OSHW DIY’ers has been: build something, put up a bunch of money to build a few of them, if people like it, […]
Check out the Doomsday Sound Kit from the Maker Shed. It’s a really cool sound generator based on circuit bending a toy. It’s easy to build and a lot of fun to play. I haven’t made a video yet, but there is one posted in the Maker Shed. A noise generator that operates entirely on […]
