Cereal box spectrometer
We’ve covered this simple kitchen-table science project before: how to make a spectrometer from a cereal box and a CD. Here, PopSci offers a 5-minute video on the project. More: A CD – cereal box spectrometer
Tools
How the Drawdio was invented
Great background story on the Drawdio kit (we have this in the Maker Shed!)… JJ Silver (the inventor of Drawdio) writes – Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGyver your everyday objects into […]
Single digit LED clock is constantly changing
Not quite sure if the constantly changing face of this single digit LED clock would be irritating (ok, probably), but it’s an interesting and perhaps rebellious take on the ubiquitous 7-segment project. Economical and initially befuddling to friends/enemies! – Single Digit LED Clock Kit Of course would likely save a lot of dough when building […]
Download 3D models from McMaster Carr
Trying to model an upcoming project in CAD or Solidworks? McMaster-Carr has 3D files for many of the things they sell. It’s way easier to use a pre-built bolt model than to try to make it yourself! I’m not sure about the terms of use on these files, but they’ll at least help if you’re […]
Snowstorm garland from dental floss and stickers
Rachel Hobson @ CRAFT writes: Jeffery Ruddell over at CraftStylish has done it again! All of his paper projects leave me swooning, but – honestly – often leave me feeling a little intimidated. His latest project, though, is right at my speed and would actually be fun to tackle with my kids. He’s made a […]
New in the Maker Shed: Airheads sensor kit
The winning project from American Maker is now available as a kit – AIRHEADS – AIRDRUMS – Winner of the 2008 MAKE FAIRE Chicago ” The best instrument they have seen since the Theremin” Airheads MINI 4 kit are sensors to be used with midi drum brains and synthesizers or midi I/O devices allowing one […]
10 interesting tool chests
10 interesting tool chests via BBG. ..lots of beautifully crafted objects that fit intricately into a perfect container. Here are some of our favorites, including the stunning chest which resides in the Smithsonian and belonged to Organ and Piano maker, Henry O Studley at the other end of the scale is the garden variety, utilitarian […]
