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Non-Megnatic Tweezers

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2008-03-23 01:16:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
On our recent trip to the Electronics Flea Market we got a very nice pair of tweezers. There are tons of great cheap tools at the flea market, and these are no exception. Superfine tips and a nice black coating were a couple of the features that drew us to this particular pair. However, there was one characteristic that we could not resist: they...
 
Tags: flea market, electronics flea market, megnatic, non-megnatic, pair, nice pair, recent trip, fantastic word, nice black
 
 
 
 
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Paper Circuitry at Home: Electric Origami

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2008-03-19 08:10:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
This little LED-lit cube is much more than just a paper lantern: It's a translucent and flexible thin-film electronic circuit that hooks up a battery to an LED, limber enough to be folded into an origami box. And the coolest thing about circuits like these? You can make them at home In what follows, we combine basic electronics (an LED Throwie )...
 
Tags: foil pieces, aluminum foil pieces, aluminum foil, aluminum foil traces, foil traces, foil pieces directly, paper, origami, foil
 
 
 
 
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Linkdump: March 2008 (Special games edition)

2008-03-14 00:01:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
 
And, happi pi day MouzeMaze : Test them (computer) mouse skills Filler Webcrosswords pong necklace Factory Balls invader notebook web battleship Launchball , a real gem Lines Galaga magnets (surprisingly charming, considering the medium The mother lode of 8-bit games Mario Quilt The ping watch is not at all like the pong watch Smart Kit puzzle blog
 
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On the Bench: LED Traffic Signal Light

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2008-03-12 00:12:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Many cities are switching to LEDs for their traffic signals, and is it any wonder? The energy savings are tremendous, never mind not having to change burnt-out bulbs all the time. Luckily for us, LED traffic signals are finally ubiquitous enough to show up at the surplus stores. Our local junk shop had a couple of big barrels of LED stoplights...
 
Tags: light, red, red light, plastic, led traffic signals, plastic grid, traffic signals, circuit board, red plastic cover
 
 
 
 
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Electronics Flea Market 2008 Season Opener

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2008-03-09 23:45:51 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Saturday was the first Electronics Flea Market for 2008. We went, a little late as usual, but early for us. When we got our coffee and donuts at 8:30, there were already some vendors packing up; they had been there for hours and sold enough to call it a day. The weather was beautiful, and we all got sunburned, but we also took home a nice haul...
 
Tags: electronics flea market, flea market, beautiful box, beautiful, box, tips, iron tips, solder, solder people
 
 
 
 
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Vintage Popular Mechanics

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2008-03-07 19:10:46 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
You know they love you when during spring cleaning they save the vintage Popular Mechanics magazines and ship them to you. They must really love me because I got twenty-one pounds from the 1960's in the mail! I can't wait to read them all, but so far I've only made it half-way through July 1962, which contains "Your Complete Concrete Guide" and...
 
Tags: complete concrete guide, twenty-one pounds, love, treasures, july, half-way, ship, save, flight
 
 
 
 
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Tiny portable AVR projects: Business card breakout boards

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2008-03-05 05:30:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
For all of our different AVR microcontroller based projects, we seem to find ourselves continually wiring up minimalist target boards ; little circuit boards that fit both the AVR and a 6-pin header for connecting to your in-system programmer . And, when you find yourself hand-wiring the same circuit over and over again on a protoboard, that's...
 
Tags: board, circuit board version, breakout board, minimalist target board, circuit board, circuit board software, business card, card, avr
 
 
 
 
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Photo: Generations

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2008-03-04 03:32:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Even the font size has gotten smaller
 
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A Dip Chip Bristlebot

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2008-03-04 02:56:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
What can you do with a busted (or merely obsolete) chip? Well, you can always make a trivet or even chip bugs . But here's a new one: Alejandro Gonzalez found that you could make a BristleBot by bending the pins of the chip. Clever Flickr photo set ][ YouTube video -- blurry but you get the idea
 
Tags: chip, chip bugs, flickr photo set, bristlebot, alejandro gonzalez, youtube video, clever, trivet, obsolete
 
 
 
 
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Reminder: Microcontroller classes this week at TechShop

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2008-03-02 12:43:00 by Editor in Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Tomorrow (Monday 3/3/08) at TechShop in Menlo Park, CA, I'm giving another AVR intro class. These classes have been big, lively, engaging and interesting, with a lot of good questions-- two sessions are scheduled this month Monday, 3/3/08, 6:30-8:30 PM, and Saturday, 3/22/08, 1:00-3:00 PM Seminar: Introduction to AVR Microcontrollers AVR...
 
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