Build this surprisingly resilient structure, then make it move. From our new book, Making Simple Robots.
The modeling technique I used in my Ergo Mouse project has 3 main steps: sculpting, surfacing, and Sugru skinning. But you can apply it to any creative process requiring models to explore interactions and aesthetics, quickly and at low cost.
In this project, I am going to show you a simple method for creating custom box sets of whatever kind of media you are collecting.
There are hundreds of different soldering iron tip shapes and sizes used in everything from jewelry making to plumbing to even stained glass. We’ll focus on the 3 most common for electronics work: chisel, conical, and bevel tips.
Learn to shape sound waves with timer chips to create your own digital sampling system emulator.
Detect motion and even individual footsteps with DIY sensors better than your smartphone’s.
Re-create the incendiary reaction that welded the world’s modern railways.
One of our prime passions is to motivate the next great minds and ideas by posting informative step-by-step tutorials.
This gripper takes advantage of "jamming" semi-fluid coffee grounds.
Most soldering irons are either on or off; it would be much more useful if you were able to change the temperature of the iron. So I designed a simple control circuit that will let you adjust the output of a heating element.
This Japanese water feature literally rocks!
A great transition from simple circuits to solderless breadboards, the springboard is a 50-year-old relic that’s difficult to find commercially these days, but easy and cheap to make.
