An integrated circuit can actually be a lot of different things. When you see a little “black box” on a circuit, you are looking at the outside (package) of an integrated circuit (IC for short). An IC is a whole…
Author: Rob
Beginning Robotics – Solderless Breadboard
If you want to experiment with electronics, an easy way to build circuits is to use a solderless breadboard.
Make an Origami Box in 90 Seconds
Here is a fairly simple origami project that can be used to make a gift box. Perfect for a cub scout den project. With a little imagination, you can turn this into a really neat box. You can use the…
Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters
Fred & Friends Ninjabread Men is an innovatively designed cookie cutter set. The 3 different cutters are in classic ninja attack poses. Baked they are extremely funny and lend themselves to imaginative decoration possibilities. Includes a cookie recipe on the…
Make an Alcohol Stove (from Soda Cans)
If you check these out on YouTube you will see that there are about a million videos on “soda can” or “penny can” stoves. After watching about an hour of these, I decided this is the one I will try…
Hot Wire Foam Cutter
I made a home made version of this hot wire foam cutter with an old battery charger, stainless cable, and a big resistor. My sons will play with it for hours. I use a box fan to exhaust any of…
Fully Automatic Sling Shot
Gatling guns have been the first firearms with a firing rate close to modern machine guns. Their principle is easy: A set of rotating barrels is turned by cranking a wheel, with one barrel after the other firing a round…