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NPoole
Member Since: March 1, 2011
Country: United States
Building a set of speakers from goat skin and connecting them to a network media server
Catching 'Em All can drain your smartphone battery; let's see if we can fix it in style!
Maker/hackerspaces that are leading the charge to make STEM fields less alienating for LGBTQ+ makers.
Today we learn about etching PCBs at home, on the cheap and quick! We even get a little fancy with it!
Experiments in weatherproofing electronic circuits by forcing them through an unmodified document laminator.
Reverse engineering a $30 MaKey MaKey derivative with good intentions (but no attribution)
In this final installment, we talk about the completed workspace from parts I and II
Wondering how to organize all of the tools and materials in your workspace? Look to the pros for inspiration!
What happened to our enthusiasm for "The Future," and how is the Maker Movement bringing it back?
Build your own Vacuum Molding machine and start making plastic parts in your home shop!
While the media team is away, Nick and Dave take matters into their own hands for a unique new product post.
ESP8266 Powered Propane Poofer
March 15, 2016
Making Music with the FreeSoC2
August 14, 2015
Ludus Protoshield Hookup Guide
July 30, 2015
FLIR Lepton Hookup Guide
March 26, 2015
Teardown: DDC Mobile X900
June 3, 2014
Interactive Hanging LED Array
April 10, 2014
Teardown: Misfit Shine Activity Tracker
April 3, 2014
Build an Auduino Step Sequencer
March 6, 2014
Nest Protect Teardown
January 15, 2014
Recreating Classic Electronics Kits
January 13, 2014
pcDuino Crowdsource Kiosk
January 9, 2014
Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
August 12, 2013
The Uncertain 7-Cube
March 8, 2013
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This is an excellent point!!
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I totally agree, I would have loved to have taken a home economics class! My dad has always enjoyed cooking and so I’ve learned a lot from him, and my mom taught me to sew at an early age for a school project I wanted to go the extra mile on. Beyond that, skills like balancing a checkbook, paying bills, doing laundry (how to iron your shirt) are taught exclusively on YouTube and WikiHow these days. I realize that a lot of people pick these up from their parents, but I know a lot of people who would be better off if they’d learned it in school.
Also lacking are substantive civics classes. Some introduction to your rights and responsibilities as a citizen, how to vote, how to run for civic office, how to write your representative, some basic knowledge of your country’s laws… I don’t remember ever getting that in school.
Thanks for the memory lane tour!
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I’m glad people are still finding this post! You’re absolutely welcome, thanks for reading!
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That’s a great idea
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Canned food inventory is a great application for a project like this. Maybe I’ll touch on that in my next update!
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crazy how nature make dat.
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I tried this but there wasn’t anything in the shop that was thin and strong enough. I suspect some high-test fishing line might work, but the other issue is tying onto the end of the PVC-coated EL wire, it’s pretty slippery.
It would probably help if you sprayed some teflon dry lube into the tubing, as well.
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That’s not a bad idea
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Hey Arthur, I won’t argue with you since I’m sitting at a restaurant in rural Virginia on vacation. But, for your sake, I did want to respond before I forget.
The argument you’re making here isn’t novel, no one has overlooked the facts you outlined, it’s just that your conclusion is flawed. And I can’t blame you, I’d much rather believe your story. But I’ve seen discrimination happen one on one, in front of me, several times.
I know that what you’ve rolled out here seems reasonable, because it’s something that I heard a lot (and, indeed, even believed) before I started spending more time with people who are directly affected. And I can assure you, they’re not deflecting or blaming others for their shortcomings.
The claim that technology related fields are an actual meritocracy has been so thoroughly trounced that it’s nearly made the word unusable in serious circles. Much like the effect of gamergate on the phrase “ethics in journalism”
Thank you for reading and participating, no matter how late :)
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You make a really good point, there are arguments both ways. On one hand, this is easier to replicate because you don’t need to modify the disk image for the Pi, on the other, it’s at least one Arduino more expensive. Ultimately, I decided to do it this way because I assumed that this project would probably be replicated in two parts by two different groups of people: People building speakers and people building RasPi audio nodes. So I tried to keep the two systems as modular as possible.
Thank you, by the way, I’m very happy with how this one turned out :)
