Alan Federman built our Da Vinci Reciprocating Gear project in MAKE Volume 24 (video above). He has a number of other cool working Da Vinci models, built in wood, on his YouTube channel. You can learn a lot about the basic mechanics of gears, cranks, screws, and other simple machines by looking at these devices […]
Wow! Katie Dektar made this LED matrix quilt, and she posted up plenty of process pictures showing how it all works. I sewed the rows of the matrix by machine (by putting the conductive thread in the bobbin). They all come together in the corner where they will attach to the Lilypad Arduino. I then […]
The awesome Craig Smith is at it again. He continues to explore the venerable crystal radio, now focusing on miniaturization. And that, of course, means on thing: Mint Tin Crystal Set! Craig writes… I’ve made a half dozen battery-free crystal radios in about eight weeks. But I always wanted to try to stuff one inside […]
Frits and Rik are back with another episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics! Find out about the coolest projects this week: LineIronBot (Hacked Iron Line Follower) by isotope Companion Bot by Emma Party Popper Alarm Clock by unigamer MontyPythonSillyWalkBot by TotoroYamada Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or […]
On the latest Make: Live, we had Dustyn Roberts, our mechanics mentor for the month, give us a tour of her Wind Lantern project, from her book Making Things Move. She’s also has put up the build on Make: Projects. It’s a fun introduction to vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT), building a diode bridge rectifier circuit, […]
We’ve covered Ben Krasnow’s awesome work here before. At last year’s Maker Faire, he showed off his liquid nitrogen generator (for which he won at least one Editor’s Blue Ribbon). Now he’s posted to his blog this latest project, a working DIY scanning electron microscope! It’s been months of work to get the scope together […]
Remember Twitchie Scorpion, the most lovable twitching corduroy scorpion on Earth? How about the popsicle stick robot arm? Twitching row of clown heads and the robo finger? All of these strange and wonderful creations share the Twitchie Robot Kit at their cores, and right now, the kit is on sale at the Maker Shed! Pick […]
