MAKE is going to be at Greener Gadgets later this week. One of the kits we will have on display at the show is the Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit by Thames & Kosmos. It looks like a really well made kit that includes everything you need to get started with fuel cell technology. […]
Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This one is for any of our online readers that haven’t subscribed to the print edition of MAKE. For a limited time we are offering a “Welcome to MAKE bundle” at an amazing discount. The Welcome to MAKE bundle includes: (1) Year subscription to MAKE […]
Announcing our new bundles available exclusively in the Maker Shed. This time it’s our Learn to solder bundle. This bundle includes a bunch of great products that will get you on your way to being a soldering pro in no time. Keep an eye out for a lot more great bundles exclusively in the Maker […]
A benchtop power supply is a handy piece of equipment to have around if you do a lot of electronics or other powered projects on your bench and need a reliable source of power at different voltages (+5V, -5V, +3.3V, +12V, etc). One option is to roll your own, using an ATX power supply yanked […]
This is the 3rd installment of my Aduino How-To Tuesdays. This week I am going to cover using another basic part, the potentiometer. I will also cover connecting a servo to the Arduino. Servos can be hard to control, but not with the Arduino! That’s just another reason why I love this little micro-controller. Subscribe […]
It was another fun week in the Maker Shed. We managed to sneak in a few builds even though we spend the early part of the week at the 2009 NYC Toy Fair. Next week I am going to continue my How-To Tuesday series on programming the Arduino [part1, part2] and we will feature more […]
The first time I saw a Thing-a-ma Kit in person was at the Bent Festival in NYC. Ever since then I have wanted to build one for myself. That was about a year ago, and I finally have the opportunity to put one together. I was surprised at how many parts there are in the […]
