Using a few solar cells and a plastic case, you can utilize the sun’s energy to power anything from a light bulb to your entire house.
You want a design on a T-shirt and you want it now!
“Bokeh” comes from the Japanese word “boke” (暈け or ボケ) which means blur or haze.
How to make your project better through smart design.
Small, dedicated boards drive servomotors without (or with) programming.
A friend at work proposed a friendly competition between a few co-workers: to make something cool out of a Trader Joe's green tea mint tin. Anything - whatever our creative hearts desired. The prize? Nobody cared - we'd figure that part out later. I thought it would be fun to do something electronic with it - maybe even squeeze an Arduino in there. But it would be tough - the tin was pretty tiny. And it had a clear plastic screen on the cover. I had to figure out what to do with that...
You needn't believe in divination to enjoy making this fortune-teller.
Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.” The lever is one of the six classic simple machines.
No matter what you plan to make, invent, or discover, one of the best steps you can take is to keep a detailed record of your progress.
This project will take you through all the steps required to build a furnace, and to make the required tools to cast aluminum using the 'Lost Foam' method. I also go over traditional greensand pattern molding, and cast a piece using that method as well with the furnace.
Never forget your laundry again!
Don’t let a torn seam doom your veteran work jeans to the landfill. With just a few stitches, they can return to the workshop with honor as a handsome, durable tool wrap for wrenches, chisels, and the like.