What I did here was wire up a piranah tri-color LED, and for a resistance, I used a piece of anti-static chip foam. (The type that we put chips on when we are making kits) Shot these photos with a really close up macro lens, to capture the 3 distinct parts of the LED that give off different… Read More »
Debuted at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, we created this watch to let your ‘inner geek’ shine. Soldering isn’t one of your talents? Well, we have these available assembled and ready to wear as well. This started out as a project, where we just simply wanted to make a watch. What we ended up with is our first… Read More »
When you get a broken ‘not worth fixing’ All-in-One Scanner / Printer / Fax, there is an amazing opportunity within. On the outside, it is a broken office garbage. On the inside, a wealth of supplies for the DIY tinkerer, and you can dispose of the rest in an environmentally friendly way. Came across a broken Canon MP580… Read More »
The Shield Dock™ [SPL-018001] The Shield Dock is a super versatile prototyping shield. The Sheild Dock can be used in many different ways. Think of it as the multi-tool for your Arduino projects. It can be used with a traditionally shaped Arduino, as a prototyping shield. As a pin break-out for your other shields to a breadboard, or… Read More »
Botcave vending machine by night Originally uploaded by cibomahto Spotted our Drum Kit Kit AI as one of the items for sale. This is absolute genius. Check it out at the Botcave Would take a few quarters to actually make something pop-out, great candidate for a paypal connected machine.
Spikenzielabs Essential Arduino Starters Kit [SPL-006009] – $39.95 : Inspired by local Montreal folks who pass by the shop, looking to get into Ardunio. We’ve pieced together many of these on the spot. Having these kits ready to go is a huge time saver. Thought of something that’s missing? We love feedback… Email SpikenzieLabs
Opening Week, originally uploaded by makerbot. Here is the Drum Kit Kit AI (right side of photo) available at the BotCave store by the folks over at MakerBot. From the MakerBot blog: MakerBot Botcave Store Dec 2, 2010 MakerBot has opened a small popup retail space at our headquarters in Brooklyn.
In 1834, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier discovered that the passage of a current through a junction formed by two dissimilar materials caused a temperature change, Dubbed the “peltier effect”, it was later clarified by Emil Lenz who observed that by passing a current through a bismuth-antimony junction, water could be frozen and that ice could be melted if… Read More »
Havent tested this out yet. But It sure looks cool!! emulare – Arduino Emulator.
November 16th 2010, Mc Connell Building McGill University, Montreal Quebec Canada. Sparky, (Severin Smith) Put together a bi-monthly group where electrical engineering students can learn to solder, and get in touch with the practical side of what they’re learning. As official sponsor & supplier of the event, we provided the kits, and are really proud to have been… Read More »