New in the Maker Shed: Solder:Time II Watch
If you liked the original Solder: Time Watch Kit, you’ll love the feature packed Solder: Time II! It features an impressive LED matrix display and is reprogrammable using the Arduino IDE.
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LED Lighting – A Primer to Lighting the Future
LEDs are the future of lighting. Find out why in Sal Cangeloso’s new Maker Press book, LED Lighting – A Primer to Lighting the Future!
Maker Camp: CERN and the Large Hadron Collider
Week 5, Field Trip Friday at Maker Camp. We talk to the team at CERN, the home of the world’s biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
You can learn more about makers who are creating their own DIY high-tech scientific tools in the current issue of MAKE Magazine. To get discounted a copy, visit MakerShed.com and use code CAMPERV31. If you’d like a discounted subscription starting with our current issue, use code CAMPERSUB. And please tune in tomorrow, 8/17 at 10am PST for a hangout with Ben Krasnow, who built his own Scanning Electron Microscope.
Maker Camp Gets an Inside Look at the CERN LHC
Join Maker Camp for Field Trip Friday as they travel to CERN to get an inside peek at the HLC and the CMS Experiment!
Squishy Circuits – The Easy Way to Learn Electronics
Looking for a fun, easy way to learn about electronics? You’ve found it with the Squishy Circuits Kit (available in the Maker Shed.)
Kits and Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution began with kits. In 1763, Glasgow University’s scale model Newcomen steam engine broke, so the physics professor asked the school’s resident mechanic to fix it. A talented instrument maker, this university employee didn’t just get the machine working again, he figured out a clever way to improve the design by turning a […]
New in the Maker Shed: Edible Chemistry Kit
This new Edible Chemistry Kit from the Maker Shed lets you experience chemistry in the best way possible; by using your mouth!