Sun Curve is a project for schools to help kids learn about solar energy, wind, biology and natural systems exhibiting at Maker Faire. The Sun Curve uses Open Educational Resources to support their curriculum.
This alarm clock carpet could be a fun remake with a gutted alarm clock circuit’s switch replaced with conductive fabric stitches triggered by stepping on the rug. Via Inspire me, now!
As we’ve mentioned here before, Maker Faire Africa is an unofficial Maker Faire (that we’ve given our blessing to). It’s taking place on August 13-15 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, Ghana. Our pals over at Afrigadget and Afromusing are trying to get people to spread the word on […]
AMP Motor Works is a company set up to convert the mass produced Saturn Sky to an Electric Vehicle. AMP claims that the Sky EV gets 125 miles per gallon equivalent fuel economy based on how much energy it takes to charge the batteries. At current energy prices, this will cost you around 3 cents […]
[Photo from AIDG on Flickr] XelaTeco is an organization that helps gather and distribute technologies in the communities of Guatemala. Xeni Jardin covered the story with photos and audio on NPR’s Day to Day. Xela Teco builds environmentally friendly technology that can be used to bring survival basics to poverty-stricken villages in the Mayan highlands: […]
Some time last year, there was a bunch of news about how VCR tapes would no longer be manufactured. Around the same time I noticed that none of the VCRs showing up at the dump had digital tuners. Wouldn’t it have been nice if those manufacturers could have dropped in a little extra circuit board […]
[Photo from Connors934 on Flickr] For this final installment of our Make: Green series, we look at a promising technology for generating electricity: wind turbines. A wind turbine consists of a propeller, a generator, and either an inverter or storage system. The propeller is essentially two or more airfoils attached to a hub. When the […]
