The Kinect is a peripheral for the Xbox 360 console that allows a user to interact with the Xbox 360 without touching a controller. A general description of the Kinect...
Posted by Damon Conover
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LED throwies are cheery glow-dots you can make in seconds from simple components and stick to any ferro-magnetic surface. But that’s just the beginning — here’s how to hack and...
Posted by Keith Hammond
Categories: Electronics | 3 Comments
Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors,...
Posted by Jake Spurlock
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I would like to show a few things Where to get a flyback 1. How to build a 555 timer driver circuit High voltage safety Dangers of this project Typical...
Posted by Alex Hand
Categories: Electronics, Workshop | 1 Comment
When I was younger, I spent hours perusing Bill Beaty’s electrostatics web pages. At the time, I didn’t achieve any real successes trying to build his high-voltage contraptions, and so...
Posted by Adam Wolf
Categories: Science | 6 Comments
Crystal radio technology has been around for many years. This "bottle radio" take on a crystal radio requires no power source, operates on the power from radio waves, and receives...
Posted by Steve Hobley
Categories: Electronics | 6 Comments
Build simple, rugged, floating LED lanterns that glow for days.
Posted by Steve Hoefer
Categories: Electronics, Art & Design | 12 Comments
If you’re playing Rocksmith (and I think you should be), and you’re playing standing up (ditto), you have probably run into the "where do I put the controller" problem. The...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Music, Fun & Games | No Comments
Making things with wire looks simple, but it can be challenging. Pick up a few wire-bending tricks, though, and you can sketch in 3 dimensions and make anything from a...
Posted by Matt Mets
Categories: Kids & Family, Art & Design | 1 Comment
Round-bottom flasks offer many advantages for chemical work that requires heating a liquid, but suffer from a major storage and handling drawback: They don’t sit flat on a work surface....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Home, Science | No Comments
Like most geek-filled offices, at my workplace we have several Nerf guns and similar toy weapons floating about. Not impressed with the performance of my colleague Lester’s Nerf Maverick, a...
Posted by Simon Jansen
Categories: Fun & Games, Kids & Family | 4 Comments
Crafting under pressure is irresistible. This year the Craftzine gals suggested an ornament swap– 12 days before Christmas. With a lot on our plates we all agreed to make time...
Posted by Becky Stern
Categories: Electronics, Paper Crafts | No Comments
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