prototyping

littleBits: Ayah Bdeir

littleBits is a system of electronic parts for play and prototyping. Designed for children, artists, or anyone shy about soldering, littleBits make electronics easy, fun, fast and accessible. Ayah Bdeir talks about her simple and intriguing system of magnetically connected, expandable electronics. Subscribe to the Maker Faire podcast in iTunes, download the m4v directly, or […]

DIY audio test box

DIY audio test box

From the MAKE Flickr pool: Check out Dave’s excellent prototyping box built from a child’s lap desk. I frequently work on projects in the living room in front of the TV while sitting on the couch soldering away hunched over a disarray of wires, parts, wires, speakers, cords, breadboards, and tools. Whenever I want to […]

Arduino prototyping lap desk

Arduino prototyping lap desk

What a great idea, Riley Porter‘s lasercut organizer for an Arduino, a solderless breadboard, and small compartments for components. This is something I had been meaning to complete for quite a while. I needed something that was portable, clean and easy to store random things in to prototype stuff on the fly. The Proto Desk […]

Grand PCB art

Grand PCB art

MAKE Advisory Board member Joe Grand got himself a T-Tech Quick Circuit 5000 PCB prototyping machine in the lab and has been messing around with using it to create PCB art. The third image is based on art by Neil Kronenberg, created for this year’s DEFCON conference, and the last image is by our very […]