Phillips 2 Screwdriver

Hexy: Leg Assembly

Hexy: Leg Assembly

This guide will bring you through the process of building one of Hexy’s six legs. The steps of building one of Hexy’s legs are: Gathering the parts and tools. Peeling the protective paper Identifying parts for the subsystems Assembling the subsystems Drilling the holes in the servo horns Attaching the servo horns Attaching the subsystems […]

Hexy: Body Building

Hexy: Body Building

What good are six legs without a body to attach them to? Follow this guide to build your hexapod robot’s body.

Audio-Enhanced Touch Sensors to Help the Visually Impaired

Audio-Enhanced Touch Sensors to Help the Visually Impaired

Add touch sensors which trigger audio tags. This helps visually impaired people find their way around a new device. Or you could make an educational toy to help Junior learn what things are called. Or you could add a warning to ‘keep off’ your stuff! Or…. Please note: I copied and modified the Android code […]

9-Watt MR16 LED Lamp

I have a range of new LED lighting kits and parts available. I have designed street lights / down lights / pool lights / commercial lighting kits as well. Keep a lookout as I will be bringing out more LED lighting kits from my design range. Now you can build up your own LED lights, […]

Nomad’s Closet

Nomad’s Closet

As an Entrepreneurial Adventurer I have gone from owning an underground record label and a bar in South Florida, to a farming co-op in Tampa, then to a coffee shop/bar and cider brewery (using the term brewery loosely, of course) in the Dominican Republic, and finally to the most recent clandestine late-night taco delivery service […]

Super-Bright MR16 LED Kit

Super-Bright MR16 LED Kit

I have a range of new LED lighting kits and parts available. I have designed street lights / down lights / pool lights / commercial lighting kits as well. Keep a lookout as I will be bringing out more LED lighting kits from my design range. Now you can build up your own LED lights, […]

Photo Lamp and Lightbox

Photo Lamp and Lightbox

I shoot a lot of still life and product photography, where a good light source is essential. On-camera flashes are almost useless, even bounced off the ceiling. Off-camera flashes and triggering systems are expensive. Natural light is unpredictable, uncontrollable and often unavailable. With the advent of cheap, low-power bulbs (‘Compact Fluorescent’, ‘CFL’, or ‘energy saving’ […]