Cut, join, and weave bamboo to make
a beautiful shiorido tea garden gate.
Supercapacitors are among the coolest of so-called passive electronic components. Because they are ultra-high-capacity capacitors, they can function as batteries capable of being very rapidly charged and briefly powering many electronic circuits and even small motors with bursts of power.
Here’s a classic skill-and-action game updated for you to make and play. You and your opponent each start your robot at the top of the playfield.
This project is a continuation of my quest to build a robotic clock that can write and rewrite the time continuously, day in and day out. My first attempt, Doodle Clock, was a failure due to the marker drying up.
DuckyPad is a 15-key, do-it-all mechanical macro pad that helps streamline and speed up your workflow by automating keyboard (and mouse!) inputs. It features a sleek design and all the goodies of a high-end keyboard — mechanical switches, hot-swap sockets, RGB LEDs for each key, and USB-C.
Some people love to launch model rockets, and personally I’ve always wanted to launch a stratospheric balloon up to “the edge of space.” We don’t exactly do the same thing for the same reasons, but there’s one thing we would all love: to have our payload come back to Earth exactly where we want.
The Solar Bottle Lamp is a solar-powered light that reuses a waste plastic bottle by attaching a 3D-printed solar lamp in place of the old plastic cap.
Edge-lit displays typically consist of an etched sheet of acrylic, with one edge embedded in an opaque base containing a light source. The light diffuses through the acrylic to make the etchings glow.
It is a profoundly human compulsion to change our environment to suit ourselves, and the quarter-trillion-dollar US home décor industry presents a playful (and profitable) example: We bedeck our living spaces to express ourselves and illustrate our individuality.
Wearable glowing accessories — we often associate them with Halloween costumes or a packed concert. While those are definitely fun, I wanted to make elegant jewelry, fit to wear on a night out with friends or a casual day at work.
It’s 15 years since LilyPad — learn what’s new and make your first iron-on circuit!
It’s fun to use mini solar cells to charge your gear or power small gadgets, and once you’ve learned the basics you can scale up to bigger panels. Let’s explore ways you can harness solar energy for your own DIY projects — mobile, wearable, or otherwise — and say goodbye to (some) batteries and plugging things […]
