Before Chester Carlson invented photocopying, inventors engineered various mechanical devices to replicate images. With a few everyday items found in the home, you can make a pantograph, an image duplicator...
Posted by Cy Tymony
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When assembling a proper laboratory, the gentleman or lady experimenter should be sure to include a Wimshurst electrostatic generating machine. This device will serve tirelessly in investigations into the field...
Posted by Jake von Slatt
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Convert your DC motor into a dynamo and use it to generate light without batteries. All you need is some capacitors, a DC motor, diode, wire, gear system and LED....
Posted by Gerhard de la Mora
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Clock radios are everyday hated devices that designers seem to ignore, judging by how little their features and user interfaces have changed. This project adds a new capability, letting would-be...
Posted by Roger Ibars
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Computers add binary numbers constantly, but we never see how. This elegant machine does the math using glass marbles. I started building marble track machines years ago using Lego. I...
Posted by Matthias Wandel
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I’m going to either add functionality or replace existing parts in Robie Sr. with something more modern, faster, or brighter. This guide originally appeared at http://www.shipwreckedwithyou.com
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Motorize a phenakistoscope, a 19th-century parlor novelty that preceded motion pictures, and keep its frames synched to an LED strobe by using a sensor and an Arduino microcontroller. Invented in...
Posted by Dan Rasmussen
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Long before the dawn of digital music, folks employed the power of the electric color organ (aka “light organ”) to add some synced visuals to their hi-fi experience. Schematics for...
Posted by Mark de Vinck
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Many an experimenter, hacker, tinkerer, & maker have heeded the call of the mighty matrix – and it’s no mystery why. A small army of LEDs elegantly wired in grid...
Posted by Mark de Vinck
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The kit comes with illustrated instructions that are fairly easy to follow. However, there are a few tips and tricks that this guide will cover, making the build process really...
Posted by Marc de Vinck
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You’ll need some basic soldering & hand tools to assemble the Monochron. The good news is that this is a pretty basic kit and even if it’s your first soldering...
Posted by Mark de Vinck
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Luckily, it's easier to build than to pronounce. First, eat a lollipop! Huh?
Posted by Mark de Vinck
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