If you want to record what’s going on inside a vehicle while it’s moving, you’ve probably noticed the various difficulties regarding space and stabilization. Instructables user Pretty Idiot Productions shows us how to use s big sponge and some grippy rubber (the kind you put under your rug) to make a camera rig.
The Seeeduino Catalyst Pack from the Maker Shed includes a Seeeduino Arduino clone, various inputs and sensors, visual and audible outputs, flexible structure enhancements and extensive power options. Great for beginners to advanced users, and with the specially manufactured components and structures in this pack, it makes it easy to build your own customized shield. […]
Add touch-screen control to your Arduino project! The TouchShield Stealth from the Maker Shed is an Arduino-ready 128×128 pixel OLED screen on a PCB shield that brings advanced I/O capabilities to the Arduino platform. This is the new Stealth Edition, which has an all-blacked out board that looks pretty slick on top of the dark […]
I really like this pack of 75 flexible jumper wires from the Maker Shed. You can re-use them over and over again! I have been using these for a few weeks now, and they are by far my favorite way to prototype new ideas. Features: (4) 200mm jumper wire (6) 165mm jumper wire (10) 125mm […]
A few weeks ago Gareth had asked me to check out an article from an upcoming issue of MAKE. It was the Teacup Stirling Engine from Volume 17. Recently, I made the Gakken Stirling Engine Kit from the Maker Shed, which was really cool. However, I have never made one from scratch, and this was […]
Larry Pesce wrote in to let us know that he’s posted his build notes for this year’s Shmooball Cannon: Shmoocon (hosted by the fine folks at the Shmoo group, an independent security “think tank”) is a small hacker/security conference in Washington, DC, typically some time during the month of February. … They provide a foam […]
Sean Ragan writes: A few times in my experiments with creative reuse I’ve had some very satisfying Aha! moments. One was my finding, back in 2004, that this flexible blue plastic conduit (or “ENT” = Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing), which I find very beautiful, fits perfectly into 3/4″ PVC pipe fittings. Using only conduit, 3/4″ PVC […]
