Make a Solar Panel Using Diodes
A diode made from a semiconductor can generate electricity in the presence of light. Instructables user nevdull shows how to generate a modest amount of power by arranging four 1N4148 diodes in parallel.
Month: June 2013
How-To: Safely Rip Back Knitting Stitches
Break out your yarn and make mistakes without worry with this handy tutorial for safely ripping back knitting stitches!
Spocks
These amazing socks with a portrait of Spock on them were knitted by Ravelry user gurmanfravor.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 About Don Wilcher
Don Wilcher is teaching our Introduction to Raspberry Pi Training Camp. Don is an Electrical Engineer, Author, Educator, and Entrepreneur. He’s worked in Automotive, Industrial, and Consumer Industries as Product Engineer, Electronic Systems Designer, and Engineering Manager.
An Early Maker Story From Holland
We think of the maker movement as a modern phenomena propelled by the internet, growth of makerspaces, and increasingly affordable digital technology. But making, of course, is anything but new. It’s part of what it means to be human. Dutch lutier Jan van Cappelle’s career as a maker began when he read a novel by Leonard de Vries called The Boys of the Hobby Club. Written under Nazi occupation and published in 1947, it’s essentially the story of a group of boys creating a makerspace before such a word existed. The book, which sadly is not available in English, had a lasting impact on Jan. “De Vries showed that you can make something yourself, in collaboration with others, instead of buying it of-the-rack.
Lego Segway
Simon “Burf” Burfield built a Lego wheelchair and now he’s tackling a Lego Segway that supports the weight of an adult. His prototype can’t self-balance, but does a great job of moving around just with toy motors.
Topaz + Arrow Launch
Crafters in the Washington, D.C. area (AKA MY HOMETOWN) you are the lucky residents of a city that just launched Topaz and Arrow, a creative collaboration between Morgan Hungerford and Virginia Arrisueño.