Saturday January 17th: Build Your Own Theremin!

December 23, 2014 |

Do you remember hearing eerie outer space music from classic science fiction like “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Dr Who”? Have you ever wanted to make sounds like that yourself? It turns out you can! Using an instrument called a theremin. The theremin was invented in 1929, and has been used in many…

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Unboxing the Make: Electronics Components Pack 1

March 22, 2010 |

Members Marty McGuire and Matt Mets made a little unboxing video for the new Make: Electronics kit. From Marty’s post: Like many enthusiastic makers, I recently got my hands on a copy of the excellent Make: Electronics book from O’Reilly. It’s an excellent bottom-up, experiment-based introduction to electronics, but sourcing all of the parts required…

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