Preamp kits
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
Kits
Styling a Mugi coroplast RC plane
neoJunk writes in – I saw the Mugi twinwall polypropylene plane kit in Make Magazine and built one. This instructable will show you how to use colored packing tape to style a coroplast RC plane. Coroplast is a twinwall polypropylene fluted plastic kind of like corrugated cardboard except made of plastic not paper. This was […]
Voltage and temperature sensors @ Phidgets
There are some new voltage and temperature sensors @ Phidgets. Post up in the comments if you use these – Precision Voltage Sensor -The 1123 Precision Voltage Sensor is now available. The new Sensor is 10 times more accurate than the 1117 – Voltage Sensor. The new sensor also uses differential inputs. The 1117 remains […]
Anykits electronic kits
I haven’t order anything from this site (Anykits) but they do seem to have a lot of good stuff including a PDF “magazine” with open source designs. Any makers out there familiar with these folks? – Link.
Motor Party! Arduino motor shield preview
I’m very excited about this forthcoming Arduino motor shield, it can drive 2 hobby servos as well as up to 2 steppers or 4 bidirectional DC motors. Zooooom, zeeerk, zoooom, zeeerk! – Link.
BioPong
This is a nice, a “bio-pong” game using a modified pong kit. Flexing your arms moves the on the screen paddles, flex both to start the game/shoot the ball – [via] – Link. Related: Pong kit – Link.
The IR-ritator
Here’s a prank-style kit from MadLab Electronics, the IR-ritator. Schematic included – A practical joke for playing on anybody who uses an infrared remote to control electrical equipment such as a television. The IR-ritator can jam a remote control and make it seem unreliable, and it can also record and mimic a remote control and […]