These kits from SEV (Solar Electric Vehicles) can boost your fuel efficiency from 17 to 29%… – The major automobile manufacturers are producing hybrid automobiles, which are part electric and part gasoline powered. Could these automobiles take another step and obtain some of their fuel from the sun? Solar Electrical Vehicles has developed a prototype […]
I’ve enjoyed Gareth’s writing for a while and it was great to finally meet him at Maker Faire. He was giving workshops on how to make Mousey the Junkbot and I got him to explain a little bit about it on tape and got inspired to make my own Mousey. Gareth wrote the article that […]
Here’s a fun one from HGTV – turn an old teddy beat into a puppet.. – [via] Link. Related: Puppet kits – Link. Weekend Project Podcast: Shadow Puppet Monsters – Link. Shadow Puppet Making Instructions – Link. Giant dinosaur puppet – Link. HOW TO – Make your own Chewbacca puppet – Link. How does a […]
This Arduino variant (Bare-Bones Board) looks great! Modern Device Company is a modest website to make available some of the circuit boards and electronic projects that Paul Badger has designed for use in his physical computing classes. Right now the site is focused on a variation of the Arduino, called the Bare-Bones Board. More custom […]
This is fantastic looking kit, turn an oscilloscope into a clock! Is your X-Y capable analog oscilloscope underutilized? Make it show the current time! Need a clock for your GPS receiver? Use your scope! This AVR Oscilloscope clock is available as a kit, using all through-hole components. The kit included ALL components necessary to assemble […]
ThinkGeek has a 300 piece Hydrodynamic building set ($89). It includes: girders, tank parts, tubing, valves, tube connectors, meters, etc and an electric pump with AC adapter – Water is everywhere. It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and composes about 112% of the human body. Gaining control over water would be an awesome super […]
Interesting story on CNET about these open robots, the best part is the documentation on TeRK site, it’s outstanding – Carnegie Mellon University unveiled a new project Thursday designed to help people make robots from parts found at the local hardware store. The Telepresence Robot Kit, dubbed Terk, was developed by Illah Nourbakhsh, an associate […]
