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Build, Hack, and Deploy Detectors to Measure Solar UV Radiation

“Sunlight is essential for our survival, but too much of a good thing can sometimes be harmful. That certainly applies to the invisible ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths of sunlight, for too much exposure to UV can cause sunburn and even skin …

Building a Spot Welding Machine From a Microwave Oven Transformer

“In this project I am making a DIY spot welding machine to be used for building battery packs with 18650 lithium ion cells. I also have a professional spot welder, model Sunkko 737G which is around $100 but I can …

Chemical Engineering research to turn plastic waste into clean fuels

“The United Nations estimates that more than 8 million tons of plastics flow into the oceans each year. A new chemical conversion process could transform the world’s polyolefin waste, a form of plastic, into useful products, such as clean …

Controlling Charge Flow by Managing Electron Holes

“Researchers watch and measure in real time charge dynamics between layers of oxide materials, offering insights into solar cells. The Science Much remains to be learned about how charge moves along the molecules that make up the layers of materials …

DIY Arduino Cocktail Machine!

“Here’s an easy six-step tutorial on how to build your own Arduino cocktail machine! It is relatively easy and cheap to build so let’s begin! See the video below to see how the project was built. You can …

DIY Hydraulic Benchtop Press

“Dimensions 750x470x320mm including the truss and the footings. The main frame with the truss can handle a 6T jack mounded at the upper side of frame with no problems of distortions or cracks. If you plan to use a 3T …

DIY Semi-Automatic Drill Press

“This instructable will get you through the idea of making a semi-automatic drill press thats small enough to fit on a table top and is made out of common hardware that anyone can easily get access of. Besides of having …

DIY Stepper Motor Controller

“Remember those DC motors, all you need too do is to hook up the positive and negative leads to a battery and holla it starts running. But as we started doing more complex projects those DC motors doesn’t seems …

Easy Very Low Power BLE in Arduino Part 3 - Nano V2 Replacement

“This instructable, A Redbear Nano V2 Replacement, is Part 3 of 3. Part 1 – Building Very Low Power BLE devices made Easy with Arduino covers settting up Arduino to code nRF52 low power devices, the programming module and measuring the …

EInk Smart Calendar

“What does it do? It’s a raspberry pi based smart calendar that can tell you the current date, weather, and your events on Google calendar. Updates once per hour. Also supports manual update with a press of button. Get …