Got some strange screws that need unscrewing? Want to get in there and modify some gear the manufacturer didn’t trust you to open? Maybe you need to pick up the new 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit over in the Maker Shed. This kit includes a magnetized driver with metal shaft, swivel top, and rubberized grip, a 60 mm extension, a 130 mm flexible extension, and 54 bits. By iFixit.
The MidiVox shield turns a basic Arduino board into a standalone MIDI synthesizer with parameters tweakable via MIDI CC messages. Hook up a MIDI keyboard controller via the onboard 5-pin DIN (aka MIDI) jack, upload a sketch and play. You may be surprised what sweet sounds can be generated by a single channel of 12-bit […]
They let me loose in the Maker Shed, so I grabbed a tinyCylon Kit, built it, and embedded it in a busted Nerf gun!
Make your bots and plushies come to life! Twitchie is an amazingly life-like animated armature that’s Arduino-powered and comes pre-programmed, making it an excellent kit for beginners in robotics. No programming required!
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday, might we suggest a lovely Green Mini Breadboard? It’s half the size of a half-size breadboard, this Mini Breadboard is perfect for tiny projects and for sticking onto the top of Arduino ProtoShields! Normally, we’d encourage you to choose from 5 colors, but today, please consider green!
The Vacuum Tube Radio Kit kit allows you to put together a real, functional, vacuum-tube radio! And it looks so sharp, once you’ve built it you’re going to want to show it off. Includes instructions in Japanese, but we’ve got English instructions right here under the “How To” tab. MAKE is proud to be the exclusive distributor in North America for these brilliant kits, part of Gakken’s Sophisticated Science Kit for Adults series.
Conference-goers had fun building tiny robots and high-tech graffiti at the TEDActive event in Palm Springs this year, thanks to Newegg and the Maker Shed. The annual get-together of big thinkers had a “lab” area where conference attendees built bristlebots, LED throwies, and RGB LED origami lamps.
