Phil asks: "A geek friend of mine suffered a stroke last week and will be in a rehabilitation hospital for a few weeks. His room has WiFi in it. I'd...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday January 10th, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Arduino, General | 4 Comments
For the past few years, we ran a column called "Ask MAKE," where we attempted to answer reader-submitted questions about all things making.
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday January 18th, 2011 6:57 AM
Categories: Education, Electronics, General | 2 Comments
As a female who LOVES browsing the make.com materials, and who is courageous but sometimes missing some of the physics, I would love a basic (but thorough) explanation about the...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday June 10th, 2010 8:03 AM
Categories: General | 4 Comments
I'm trying to understand antennas. I mean, really understand them.
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday March 25th, 2010 12:39 PM
Categories: General | 7 Comments
Is there a way to develop a mirror capable of switching to the camera on cue by using a light switch or something along those lines?
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday March 18th, 2010 11:57 AM
Categories: General | No Comments
I'm new to electronics, and am interested in LEDs. One thing I can't figure out is why some of them are colored, while others are clear.
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday February 16th, 2010 6:03 PM
Categories: General | 3 Comments
What is the best way to clean a motor with an excess of build up?
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday February 11th, 2010 12:04 PM
Categories: General | 10 Comments
I'm a museum educator, and working on an exhibit where I want to have a knob that you can spin around to change the color of an exhibit. I thought...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday January 7th, 2010 12:28 PM
Categories: General | 23 Comments
How do you go about determining what level of resistance you need and when you should or need to use resistors?
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 17th, 2009 1:13 PM
Categories: General | 9 Comments
What is the best method or type of sensor to use to accurately detect liquid levels in the kegs?
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 10th, 2009 12:06 PM
Categories: General | 26 Comments
I have been experimenting with my Arduino and piezo buzzers as simple speakers - noisy and fun. But one question has been bugging me, what on earth is the third...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday December 3rd, 2009 11:03 AM
I'm doing my 2nd Arduino project (and 2nd electronics project ever) and am trying to design some of the circuit stuff on computer instead of just wiring it up or...
Posted by Matt Mets | Sunday November 15th, 2009 11:10 PM
Categories: General | 15 Comments
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