8 Types of Trash Every Maker Should Be Stoked to Score
You know what they say about one man’s trash. Keep your eyes on the curbside to come up on these perfectly useful items.
Electronics
Your PC Needs a Control Panel Like This One
This control panel is entirely custom made and fully functional, with nerdy pseudonyms for opening oft-used programs and operating other daily functions.
Baby Princess Leia Rocks This Mini Star Wars Speeder Bike
Australian Maker dad Tez Gelmir decided to build a Star Wars speeder bike for his daughter’s first birthday.
G Is for Ground: Adafruit Teaches Electronics to Kids
Adafruit has delivered another in their fantastic educational electronics series called Circuit Playground. They’re working their way through the alphabet, explaining the principals of electronics in ways that even children can understand. These videos are a great way to introduce kids to the basics (and safety information) involved with electrical components. In this episode, they […]
A Maker’s Introduction to Ham Radio
You may have heard about amateur or “ham” radio from a friend or maybe one of the members in your Makerspace is a ham. What is ham radio and what does it offer you? First, you’re a Maker, so you already have a lot in common with the ham radio community. Hams are tinkerers, builders, […]
Voltera’s V-One Prints 2-Layer Circuit Boards
Several weeks ago at Maker Faire Bay Area, I caught up with Voltera co-founder Alroy Almeida to learn more about the Voltera V-One, a conductive ink printer. The V-One is a slick device. Not only does it extrude conductive ink, but it can also be configured to deposit insulating ink, enabling two-layer board fabrication. […]
This Analog Arcade Machine Uses 500+ littleBits Modules
We talked to Kristin Salomon and Paul Rothman from littleBits about the littleBits module system, BitLabs, and the towering analog arcade machine, built from over 500 modules, they brought the Maker Faire Bay Area.