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Light Up Your People

Light Up Your People

Infrared diodes and detectors make things fun and magical. We are used to touching or flipping a switch to turn on lights. A simple transistor circuit with an infrared detector and the lights change with a wave of your finger. My circuit boards are simple and all of the parts to run the detector, transistor […]

Pop-Pop Steamboat

Pop-Pop Steamboat

When you picture a steam engine, you likely imagine a giant cast-iron contraption festooned with knobs, valves, gauges, linkages, and wheels. This steam-powered toy boat has no moving parts and needs only a flame and the surrounding water to zip around and make its distinctively happy sound. My interest in pop-pop boats began when I […]

MonoBox Powered Speaker

MonoBox Powered Speaker

Learn how to build inexpensive powered speakers that amplify the output of your headphone music player. It may be small, but this speaker can still rock!

EZ-EL Wire/LED Light Wheelchair

EZ-EL Wire/LED Light Wheelchair

This guide will teach you how to deck out your very own wheelchair with EZ-EL Wire! For more cool ideas check out https://ez-el.com/tutorials! The EZ-EL Wire Kit you will need for this project can be purchased at http://www.ez-el.com/catalog/products. Enter coupon code MAKEwheelchair at checkout for a discount!

Little Big Lamp

Little Big Lamp

Add bright lighting to your space with powerful LEDs housed in PVC.

Optical Tremolo Box

Optical Tremolo Box

Plug your guitar into light-programmable waveforms with this unique effects box.