Happy Hanukkah, everybody!
Sweet little breadboard Menorah project at Sparkle Labs. Festive Hanukkah LED Menorah
Electronics
Learning electronics just got A LOT easier!
I’m thrilled to announce our latest offering from O’Reilly/Make: Books, Make: Electronics, by Charles Platt. This is a book that we’ve wanted to do for awhile. Many of us at Maker Media have had an interaction that goes something like this: You’re at a talk, Maker Faire, or elsewhere, and someone spirits you aside, like […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: All-Arduino!
Arduino lovers have a whole lotta hardware to choose from nowadays. From Arduino clones optimized for a variety of different users, to an arsenal of shield attachments specially designed for nearly every type of project. We’ve got a lot to cover here, so let’s get started, first with the basics – (Read on for the […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Hobby Radio
Here are some great hobby radio gift ideas, ranging from radios themselves, to books, to the perfect radio-related vacation, everything you need to transmit a bit of holiday cheer. di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah. Radios When looking for radios, I really like Universal Radio. They have comprehensive descriptions of all of the radios they […]
Wimshurst experiments
In this segment from Fatman and Circuit Girl, “Ken” drops by Jeri’s studio in Portland to demo some Wimshurst Machine experiments. Fatman and Circuit Girl From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume 17: The Lost Knowledge issue! Buy your copy in the Maker Shed, Subscribe to MAKE, or Access the Digital Edition (if you’re already […]
Researchers discover single-atom transistor
In an age ruled by information great emphasis is placed on processing speed, memory capacity and sensor sizes. The advancement of such hardware is tied directly to the accelerated development of integrated circuits and exponential improvements of the transistor. When news hits that researchers successfully built a working transistor the size of a single atom, […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Music Machines
There’s been a bunch of great music-related kits released recently, just in time for gift-giving season. Add those to an already strong list of tried and true faves, and you’ve got yourself a lot of options for the sonic experimenter this year. Read on for the rundown – Drum Kit Kit for Arduino ($18.95) The […]
