Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode (LED) and learn who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own.
more Make presents:
The Resistor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVoY1QROMg
The Capacitor –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE
audio & video by Collin Cunningham
Makezine.com
Simple, commonplace and vital to our electronic world, it’s current-fighting backbone of circuitry, the resistor!
more Make presents:
The LED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3PDLsJQcGI
The Capacitor –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE
audio & video by Collin Cunningham
Makezine.com
Simple yet effective, they come in a dizzying array of forms and materials. Vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration – the mighty capacitor!
audio and video by Collin Cunningham
makezine.com
Here’s a cheap and easy way to make 3D plastic forms like Stormtrooper costumes and tons of other things. Cost: around $20.
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. From Make Volume 5 by Steve Lodefink.
Fledgling is a metal kinetic sculpture that is anatomically similar to an eagle. Under the watchful eye of Christian Ristow, Participants at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 climb up the staircase along its spine, and sit in the ribcage where they can pedal furiously in order to slowly move the bird’s wings in mimicry of flight. http://www.christianristow.com/ http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4990
