Reclaimed Christmas Tree
Being a fan of wood, old things, conservation of the earth, and Christmas; this seemed like the perfect project for a slow Friday night on the cusp of the holiday season. The idea is not unique, but I...
View ArticleWater Wheel from Plastic Bottles
This outdoor parent-child project is big fun and has educational aspects: a water wheel from reused bottles and branches is turning in a river's current and is towing a small boat in.Main requirement...
View ArticleThe Crocodile's Bucket & Chain Water Pump
We are The Crocodiles and this is our ‘bucket & chain’ style water pump. We are a group of Product Design Engineering students and were given the brief to construct a water pump which lifts 5...
View ArticleMass producing LED powering wind turbines in a kids workshop
The Junior Wind Turbine project. For my latest workshop in...
View ArticleArtist bristlebot
These are pictures from a workshop I organised at school for the occasion of my daughter’s birthday party. The children (aged 9 to 12) each built a bristlebot out of a dishwasher brush after sawing off...
View ArticleLED Nametag
As a part of the Helle Koepfe-workshop for kids we designed some nametags, such that each kid could make their own led nametag at their short visit of the FabLab Aachen. Therefore ist shouldn't be too...
View ArticleOpen Toys, hack your veggies with 3D Printing
The Open Toy project is the result of a 2013 workshop at Domaine de Boisbuchet. Samuel N. Bernier had decided to use material waste from the band saw, such as cork and wood, to create toys by 3D...
View ArticleHydropower from Reuse
Last fall we were staying at a holiday cottage generating its own electricity from a water wheel. We reproduced that in a little workshop with the kids, powering a LED with a miniature water wheel. We...
View ArticleHydro Power at Home
An easy demonstration of a small turbine with a paddled wheel and a DC motor as a dynamo in order to generate electricity with falling water power or with tap water pressure power.By: bubalContinue...
View ArticleARDUINO MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER (Version-3.0)
Welcome to my solar charge controller tutorials series.I have posted two version of my PWM charge controller.If you are new to this please refer my earlier tutorial for understanding the basics of...
View Article24 Carrot Cake
This is the MOST EXPENSIVE CAKE IN THE WORLD! Well ok, not really, but my 24 Carrot Cake is definitely the most expensive LOOKING cake and it tastes like a million bucks, so I count that as close. (A...
View ArticleESP8266 WiFi touch screen thermostat
In this tutorial we will show how to build WiFi controlled thermostat with ESP8266, Arduino and touch screen display. Thermostat will also show other info, like weather forecast and temperature...
View ArticleDigital Sundial- Ancient Tech in Modern Times
The digital sundial speaks to the ancient desire of keeping track of time. A desire probably as old as the concept of time itself; fascination which has lead to very advanced machines. Nonetheless, for...
View ArticlePallet Crates & Inkjet Image Transfer to Wood
I can never pass by an antique wooden crate without stopping. Crates are so useful, they make instant storage that is also stylish!These crates are inspired by the character of pallet wood, farm and...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Logic Probe on the Cheap Using a 555 Timer!
Hello! By clicking on this instructable you're one step closer to building a cheap, easy to construct, and more importantly useful little gadget....a Logic Probe! A logic probe is helpful when working...
View ArticleATtiny13A Line Follower
Create a robot with ATtiny13A is a challenge, it only have 1k flash and 5 IO pins. But it is good enough to create a tiny line follower.Youtube demo video: https://youtu.be/00PYO1ThzEABy: 陳亮Continue...
View ArticleArduino UNO MQTT Meteo Station
Do you know the MQTT protocol?The MQTT is a machine-to-machine (M2M)/"Internet of Things" connectivity protocol. It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. It is...
View ArticleHow to Build the ProtoBot - a 100% Open Source, Super-Inexpensive,...
The ProtoBot is a 100% open source, accessible, super inexpensive, and easy to build robot. Everything is Open Source--Hardware, Software, Guides, and Curriculum--which means anyone can access...
View ArticleArduino Timer Interrupts
Timer interrupts allow you to perform a task at very specifically timed intervals regardless of what else is going on in your code. In this instructable I'll explain how to setup and execute an...
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