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Vibro-bugz
Making Small and Simple
by Rick Winscot
Use 3D printing, a motor, battery, and some googly eyes to teach basic maker skills.
Sandblaster - 3D printed sand buggy
3D printed sand buggy!
by Rick Winscot
Sandblaster is a variation on Blue Buggy remixing the original Cox International gas-powered sand buggy - scaled-down, converted to electric, and 3D printable! You can use it to explore obstacle avoidance, autonomous navigation, driverless vehicle design, or assisted Remote Control. Or… build in the morning and race in the afternoon!
Qi Wireless Recharging Battery Case
Add wireless charging to your phones' battery case!
by Rick Winscot
Thinking about using a battery case for your phone, but don't want to give-up wireless charging? Have no fear, Qi is here! Now you can have a 'battery storage' case that can recharge itself without need of wires.
Servo Animatronic Tail
Why wiggle when you can wag?
by Rick Winscot
Add a touch of awesome to your interactive displays, costumes, or art projects with an animatronic tail comprised of 3D printed parts, a silicon tube, a servo, and minimal hardware.
Personal Torch 3000
Make a compact flashlight you can use camping, in your glove-box, or trick-or-treating!
by Rick Winscot
3D printing, PCB production, datasheets, surface mount components... all in a super easy project for your next hack-night.
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3D Printed Glow-Spike Bracelet
An entry-level wearables project that includes 3D printing and LEDs.
by Rick Winscot
Come get your feet wet in wearables by combining a little 3D printing, a little soldering, some glue, and a few inexpensive parts!
Free-Wired 3x3x3 NeoPixel Cube
Eye Candy in Three Dimensions
by Rick Winscot
Time to make your own LED cube... without shift registers or limitations of a single color. That's right, three dimensions, easy setup, and all the color!
Making Adabot: Part 2
Make your bot move, blink, and smile!
by Rick Winscot
Ready to add electronics to the body and breath a little life into your Adabot?
Learning with LEDs
Leisure learning laden with light!
by Rick Winscot
Use this simple and inexpensive kit to introduce electronics into your curriculum.
Trinket Powered Rover
Small and sweet this rover can't be beat.
by Rick Winscot
Here's a low-cost and ultra fun rover to make yourself or use as a teaching aid.
LED Trinket Tree Topper
3D Printed Moravian Star + NeoPixel + Trinket Topper
by Rick Winscot
Create a custom heirloom tree topper with NeoPixel Rings and a Trinket.
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3D Printed Animatronic Robot Head
An entry-level robotics / animatronics project.
by Rick Winscot
Transform a pair of desktop speakers, two servos, and a handful of 3D printed parts into a fully functional animatronic robot head.
Modifying Servos for Continuous Rotation
Make tiny gear-motors for your next robot!
by Rick Winscot
Did you know you can make tiny gear-motors from inexpensive servos with no drift, variable speed, and no custom software settings to drive them?
3D Printed LED Goggles
Why mod when you can make?
by Rick Winscot
Make it easy for your friends to find you in a crowd with some blinky awesome scratch-built headgear. PLA plastic from your 3D printer is a fine match for NeoPixel Rings.
3D Modeling Negatives
For all the things you can't print...
by Rick Winscot
People are creating all kinds of amazing things with inexpensive 3D printers. But realistically... not everything can (or should) be 3D printed.
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Making Adabot: Part 1
Chassis / body construction.
by Rick Winscot
Robots don't have to be made out of titanium... to be awesome!