Portable Drum Kit
How to turn this stuff into a portable drum kit… Background: When I was at Maker Faire Bay Area this summer (already seems like a very long time ago!)… Read more »
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FamiLAB YoungMakers Meeting – November 2011
We made LED flashlight kits, no one was burned, and everyone was happy. It doesn’t get much better… Ā š HUGE THANKS to Radio Shack for donating some of the kits… Read more »
Young Makers Meeting Pics – October 2011
Our first FamiLAB Young Makers meeting was a LOT of fun. We toured FamiLAB, talked about the Young Maker program, and disassembled an Xbox 360… Special thanks to FamiLAB member… Read more »
Young Makers
The FamiLAB Young Makers program is having its first meeting on Thursday, October 13th from 7pm to 9pm at FamiLAB. We will have an overview of the Young Makers program… Read more »
The Maker Movement
The Maker Movement continues to gain momentum. Ā I’ve added a page to the RaisingGeeks site that contains my thoughts on the movement, why it is gaining momentum, and the… Read more »
Audio-Reactive Stage Lighting – RGB LED Satellite Brackets
The Audio-Reactive Stage Lighting project (original blog post) uses 16 MaceTech RGB LED satellite modules. One of my goals for this system is to have flexibility in mounting the LEDs…. Read more »
Audio-Reactive Stage Lighting – Prototype
Hard to name, but easy to understand once you see it: (Warning, the videos are LOUD!) This setup consists of 16 Macetech LED Satellites, 2 Macetech Octobars, a Macetech… Read more »
Inventing Merit Badge: Disney Ride and Show Engineering
The Boy Scouts of Troop 6 in Orlando, FL are working on the Inventing Merit Badge. This merit badge was originally offered in the early 1900s – and at that… Read more »
POVARD Kit Build & Review
When we attended Maker Faire, I bought Adam a POVARD kitĀ (Persistence Of Vision ARDuino) at the same time I bought theĀ Drum Kit kitĀ for my youngest son and theĀ Solder:Time watch (for… Read more »
Electronics Merit Badge: Class Night #3
We’ve been taking some of the Boy Scouts in Troop 6 through the Electronics Merit Badge. This night, we built the Electronics Merit Badge kit from www.electronicsmb.com, and did requirements… Read more »