Don’t Throw Out That Broken Hoverboard — Salvage the Parts for a Project
So your hoverboard is a fire hazard… Well, that doesn’t mean it’s good for nothing. Disassemble and cannibalize the parts for other projects.
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Masterpiece of Soldering: You Won’t Believe This Handmade Electronic Clock
This clock not only displays the time, but all of the components you would see in a wristwatch microchip if viewed under a microscope.
MAKE Asks: Surplus Parts
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
Electronic Components Used to Make “Technological Mandalas”
I think of my mandalas as ephemeral gizmos, able to trigger the eyes and minds of the viewers with images and thoughts of any sort, but without taking it too seriously.
Gotye Old School Computer Remix
That catchy pop hit from Gotye, “Somebody that I used to know”, is painstakingly rendered with an HP Scanjet 3C, Amiga 600, a couple of hard drives, and PIC-controlled xylophone by Toronto-based melody maker bd594.
Efficient Biohybrid Solar Cells with Spinach
A group from Vanderbilt University, lead by Professor David Cliffel, claims that a protein found in spinach, called PS1, when combined with silicon found in solar panels to form a biohybrid cell, end up being 2.5 times more efficient then cells lacking the protein.
Tropical Fruit-Powered Laser
Over at the Maui Makers hackerspace, member Ryan K showed up with a mess of Lilikoi fruit (also known as passion fruit). Using anodized bolts (source of zinc), some thin copper pipe, wire, switches, LEDs, and a capacitor, he built himself a battery from the fruit.
