In this clip from FMCG, Ken responds to Jeri’s capacitor deconstruction with his own very visual (and very mechanical) demonstration of how voltage is generated and how you can build a simple capacitor, with aluminum foil and plastic, to generate charge mechanically and dump it into the cap (analogous to how a Wimshurst machine works). […]
Our pal Jeri Ellsworth and her crew of restless USTREAM-ing hackers are at it again, exploring light polarization, sparking ions, and reversing time. The Fat Man and Circuit Girl
Uber-bender Pete Edwards of Casper Electronics shares his recipe for cooking up some tasty mods for Casio ‘SA’ series keyboards – This is an engineered modification which works on most of the Casio SA series ( SA-1, SA-5, SA-7, SA-8 etc). There will be an Amplifier chip ( No AN8053 ) common across the SA […]
64 synchronizing fireflies. It sounds like a line from some overly-clever children’s book or a Christmas carol. But it was instead a little week-long project for Alex at Tinkerlog. He writes: Last week, I invested some time to solder 64 Firefly boards. Only 2.432 solder joints later, I was ready for some videos. Every firefly […]
Our friends at Sparkle Labs sent us news of their new business cards and their forthcoming micro kits. Ariel writes: Check out our new business cards. They are actually little micro kits. Put it together and the LEDs light up in the dark. It uses one of the circuits included in the Discover Electronics Kit. […]
In this how-to Alberto Ricci Bitti shows you how to design a greenbox no-waste charging station for your mobile phone that will lower your utility costs and environmental impact. The simple and elegant design makes unplugging a power draining wall wart very easy and instinctive.
