In this project, you’ll learn how to solder together a battery-powered, 555 Timer-driven blinky toy.
In this project we’re going to assemble the XBee Pulse I/O Printed Circuit Board — an open-source hardware design which can be used to automate things wirelessly.
In my real life, I’m a college English teacher.
You will learn how to: Power a circuit with a bike dynamo Get CO2 and GPS sensor data Communicate using a GSM module Set up a database and log data using PHP/MySQl Bring this all together using an Arduino microcontroller
I learned the single most valuable photography tip in the late eighties from my company’s staff photographer – a large beanbag makes a superb photographic “tripod.” It’s sturdier, lighter, simpler to use, and more versatile than most three-legged supports.
This is a low-tech project, so no welding or big machinery is needed.
I’m not usually one to build film props, but my wife and I were waiting on line for the new Avengers movie and she said, “You know, it would be great to have Thor’s hammer.” She wasn’t the least bit serious, but her remark got the old maker gears spinning.
The Kinect is a peripheral for the Xbox 360 console that allows a user to interact with the Xbox 360 without touching a controller.
Calling a rocket that sprints over 100 feet into the air a “toy” might be a bit of a stretch. Toy or not, this rocket really packs a punch.
