Exploring the History of Great Ideas with Make: Inventions
We revisit the wonderful Make: Inventions video series with Steve Hoefer
Make: Inventions
Make: Inventions “Pin Tumbler Lock”
In this episode, we look at the pin tumbler lock, the most popular, enduring lock design of the last 150 years
Make: Inventions “The Safety Elevator”
In this Make: Inventions, Steve builds an elevator and reenacts the death-defying stunt that Elisha Otis performed at the 1854 World’s Fair.
Make: Inventions “Building Morse’s First Telegraph”
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve builds Morse’s original automated transmitter as well as a gravity-driven receiver that records Morse coded message to paper
Make: Inventions “The Airbag”
In this episode of Make: Inventions, Steve makes an airbag system that can detect a crash and deploy safely in 1/20th of a second.
Make: Inventions | Can Openers
On this Make: Inventions, we construct three different can opener designs, and put them to the test
Make: Inventions “Etch A Sketch”
In his first episode of Make: Inventions, Steve Hoefer takes a look at the Etch A Sketch, the enduring kids toy invented by Andre Cassagnes
