Engineering Posts

13 Jul

Enginursday: SCiO Pocket Molecular Scanner Teardown

See what's inside the SCiO Pocket Molecular Scanner in this teardown tutorial.

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6 Jul

Enginursday: More Fun with 60 USB Supplies

Now I'll use these 60 USB supplies to see if I can weld!

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29 Jun

Enginursday: X-Band Motion-Triggered Music

Utilizing an X-Band Motion Sensor to not only detect movement but trigger music too!

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22 Jun

Enginursday: The Look - the Feel - of Concrete

Inspired to try something new for International Week of Making, Mary mixed and poured concrete over electronics in her office.

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15 Jun

Enginursday: Pressing Our Buttons

A Cherry MX keyboard for Eagle shortcut keys

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8 Jun

Enginursday: Would you like to play a game?

Fence-a-Mole: A real-world "fencing training" game made using XBee and the ADXL345

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1 Jun

Enginursday: Apogaea and the Propagand-Eye

Learn about the Propagand-Eye, a custom badge created for a soldering workshop at the Colorado Burning Man regional event, Apogaea.

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25 May

Enginursday: 60 USB Chargers in Parallel

Here I've got 60 USB charger power supplies wired in parallel, just to see what happens.

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18 May

Enginursday: ComSphere

How a hamster ball and Blynk app can detect not only motion, but perhaps something paranormal?

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11 May

Enginursday: DIY vs. off-the-shelf

A lot of the questions we field are related to accomplishing something cheaper via DIY. Until recently, chances of succeeding were variable, but things are starting to change.

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