New in the Maker Shed: Mintronics – MintDuino
The MintDuino is perfect for anyone interested in learning (or teaching) the fundamentals of how micro controllers work.
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In The Maker Shed: Mintronics – Survival Pack
You never know when you’ll find yourself in a MacGyver moment. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Wouldn’t it be easier to hack those electronics with some real components instead of a rubber band and a paper clip? The Mintronics: Survival Pack from the Maker Shed contains over 60 useful components for making, hacking, […]
In The Maker Shed: Povard Kit
The Povard is a large hand held POV device that is built onto a very cool laser cut and etched acrylic bezel. A POV “tricks” your eyes into seeing a full image when only part of the image is visible at one time. This effect is called the “Persistence Of Vision.” This is the way the Povard works.
Egg With FDA Nutrition Label Courtesy Eggbot
Instructables user dnewman used his EMSL Eggbot rotary plotter to print an accurate nutrition label on the side of a raw egg. A delightful and otherwise fairly useless thing to do. I heartily approve. [via adafruit]
Maker Shed’s Follow, Tweet, & (Maybe) Win an iPad Contest
The Maker Shed is giving away an iPad loaded with Make: The Complete Collection (PDF). It’s super-easy to enter, and no purchase is necessary. Read all the details about how to enter on the Maker Shed’s contest page.
Make: Electronics Components Pack 1
A fresh batch of Make: Electronics Components Pack 1 are en route to the Maker Shed warehouse. Order yours now, and it will ship by March 25th. The first companion pack to our wildly popular Make: Electronics book covers all of the experiments (1-11) from the first two sections of the book. We’ve spent (many!) […]
Maker Shed Now Carries Jameco Components and Tools
You already know and love Maker Shed, and now there are even more reasons to make makershed.com your 1-stop shop for all your kits, components, and tool needs. You have always been able to pick up and Arduino, Netduino, or cool kit from the the Maker Shed store, but what about all those ‘parts’ that you need for your next project? That’s where our partnership with Jameco saves the day.