The Maker Shed carries (2) different gear motor packs for all your robotic needs. The Mini Metal Gear Motor and Wheel Set provides a lot of torque in a small format. The standard Gear Motor Combo Pack can be used for larger bots that need to go fast. Each gear motor pack comes with (2) […]
Cardboard Tube Radio Kit via RetroThing. With the tube radios on world reception Make your own radio, combining the new and old technique together. The tubes works for strong reception and for the tube radios typical pleasant sound. A modern Audio-IC and high class loudspeaker works for optimal volume. With this tube radio you can […]
Here is the latest in our Make: Shorts video series, covering “Maker Pioneers,” inventors, entrepreneurs, makers, who are dreaming up clever solutions to today’s energy and environmental problems. In this episode, we climb aboard the BioBus, with its creator, Ben Dubin-Thaler. The “Cell Motion BioBus” is a self-powered mobile microscopy lab that brings hands-on science […]
Here is the third installment of our series of Make: Shorts covering “Maker Pioneers,” inventors, entrepreneurs, makers who are dreaming up clever solutions to today’s energy and environmental problems. In this video, we visit somebody MAKE readers are likely already familiar with, Limor Fried, aka Ladyada, from Adafruit Industries. Limor talks about Adafruit’s kit business […]
We asked one of our favorite kid makers, Super Awesome Sylvia (and her super awesome dad, James) to put together a collection of gift ideas that were tops on Sylvia’s list. Here’s the video and guide they sent us. Thanks, guys! —Gareth Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or […]
Here is the second installment of our series of Make: Shorts covering “Maker Pioneers,” inventors, entrepreneurs, makers who are dreaming up clever solutions to today’s energy and environmental problems. In this video, we meet Beth Ferguson, Sachi DeCou and Sol Design Lab. Among other things, they turn lovely vintage gas pumps into solar-powered electronic device […]
Collin does a little hacking to get his USB-based MIDI keyboard to talk to his Arduino.
