From Wired’s “This Day in Tech,” the invention of the IC, 1952: The first integrated circuit was fairly crude — it had only a transistor and other components on a slice of germanium. But it did show the potential of the IC, which continues today to get smaller and more complex. Just a few months […]
Jeff Reifman has written a charming little piece on his blog about “being raised by RadioShack:” At one point, Chuck paid me $10/hr (a fortune) to manually re-type the entire contents of private investigator Gavin De Becker’s client database. Chuck set up two Model II computers side by side and I manually moved his entire […]
Angela Sheehan runs a site of crafty creations called Soft Circuit Saturdays. She demonstrates lots of neat ways that you can combine circuits with fabrics to entertain all your senses and even protect your tongue. She will be showing her work at this Saturday’s Cambridge Mini Maker Faire from noon to 4pm just outside the Cambridge Public Library.
And you thought stamp collecting was geeky! I love this idea. These are cheap coin-collecting albums. What a fabulous teaching aid and way of organizing components so that students of electronics can see the parts families, different varieties of components, different package types, etc. The background labels are even color-coded so that component types are […]
Looking for an electronics surplus store in your area, or planning a geeky vacation and need suggestions for a few good destinations?
Artist Steve D’Angelo sent us a link to the video of this lovely electronic sculpture he made, an homage to arcade video games. He says that our very own Make: Electronics was an inspiration/guide for him. Nice to see the book is inspiring real-world results. Steve Gallery In the Maker Shed: Make: Electronics Our Price: […]
Aaron Alai designed this kicking electronic business card, which demonstrates how transistor amplifiers work.
