The deceptively simple wire coil that proves incredibly useful in the world of electronics – the inductor’s ability to store energy in an electromagnetic field is the key to making transformers, electromagnets, and many more components. It truly is an awesome device!
For questions, suggestions, and more info –
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/make_presents_the_inductor.html
Organize your kitchen utensils and gadgets with this custom made plexiglass drawer organizer.
Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/weekend_project_diy_drawer_organize_1.html. More great projects at http://www.makezine.com
A brief introduction to the tech that makes it possible for today’s electronics to do so much in very little space — the Integrated Circuit
It’s the simplest semiconductor device made. It ushered in the age of radio, the electronic valve that rectifies and regulates – the diode!
They electronically switch and amplify signals by harnessing the unique abilities of semiconductor materials. Their invention has transformed the world of electronics and accelerated our entry into the digital age. Behold – the Transistor!
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audio and video by Collin Cunningham
When I posted about the amazing yarn I customized at Yarnia in Portland, OR, I got a lot of questions about plying yarn. At Yarnia the yarn is wound together from many “singles,” or individual strands of yarn to make up one unit, but the strands remain individual, making it a little more difficult to work with than plied yarn. I asked one of my professors, fibers artist Jerry Bleem, if he could teach my class how to ply yarn, or twist the singles together into a single strand, and in this video he does just that. Plied yarn is also much easier to work with on a knitting machine than non-plied yarn because there’s less of a chance of one of the individual fibers catching where it’s not supposed to. If you have a crafty question, send it on over to me at becky@craftzine.com for use in a future installment of Ask CRAFT!
For more info go to: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/03/ask_craft_plying_yarn.html
Take used styrofoam and reuse it to make cool new things with this easy 5-Minute Foam Factory. Thanks to Bob Knetzger for the original project in Make: Volume 16.
