In this project, we’ll build a small, vertical-axis wind turbine, or VAWT for short. These are not as efficient as their horizontal-axis cousins, but they are better suited to urban...
Posted by Bill Olson
Categories: Electronics, Energy | No Comments
Getting (or going over) the edge on Pinewood Derby day.
Posted by Doug Desrochers
Categories: Science | No Comments
With a motor and some piping, it’s easy to enjoy free energy forever.
Posted by Abe Connally
Categories: Energy, Home | 10 Comments
Built using simple materials like bamboo and biodegradable plastic, Massoud Hassani's Mine Kafons are kinetic sculptures that save lives. Carried by the wind, the tumbling dandelion-shaped orbs cover large swaths...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday November 21st, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Energy, Art & Design, General, Machining | 17 Comments
Check out this great NPR piece about engineering students at University of Maryland that are trying to win a three-decades-old contest for human powered flight.
Posted by Jake Spurlock | Tuesday October 16th, 2012 3:34 PM
Categories: Education, Energy, Fun & Games | 12 Comments
[Video Link] We’ve covered the wind kart creations of Rick Cavallaro and his colleague John Borton many times in the pages of MAKE and Make: Online. Why? Because we are...
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder | Friday July 20th, 2012 2:30 PM
Categories: Energy, General, Home | 12 Comments
Rick Cavallaro and his team at DDWFTTW succeeded in making a wind powered vehicle that travels downwind at a speed faster than the wind itself. The vehicle is at Maker...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris | Friday November 4th, 2011 10:30 AM
Categories: Energy, General | No Comments
Megan Simmons of ISKME tells us about the Sun Curve Design Challenge. OERCommons is a place where they are storing and sharing educational resources about the Sun Curve and other...
Posted by Chris Connors | Sunday June 14th, 2009 8:57 AM
Categories: Education, Energy, General | No Comments
In the mail today arrived the 36 page schedule/flyer for this year’s SolarFest. Based on the three I’ve been to in the past, this should be an excellent time as...
Posted by Chris Connors | Saturday June 6th, 2009 11:38 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Energy, Home | No Comments
Sun Curve is a project for schools to help kids learn about solar energy, wind, biology and natural systems exhibiting at Maker Faire. The Sun Curve uses Open Educational Resources...
Posted by Chris Connors | Saturday May 30th, 2009 5:00 PM
Categories: Education, Energy | No Comments
[Photo from Connors934 on Flickr] For this final installment of our Make: Green series, we look at a promising technology for generating electricity: wind turbines. A wind turbine consists of...
Posted by Chris Connors | Friday May 22nd, 2009 1:30 PM
Categories: Energy | 4 Comments
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