Dry Ice Jenga
Jenga is a pretty simple game… that gets a wee bit trickier when you can’t use your hands. In particular playing with tongs to handle the dry ice means that…
Flip Flop
The basic flip-flop circuit or astable multivibrator (try telling a bunch of middle school kids that’s the name of this thing). This version was built after the Feltronics Flip Flop,…
Charlotte Mini Maker Faire
Hackerspace Charlotte puts on MakerFaire Charlotte with Discovery Place. You could call it the greatest show-and-tell on earth, where “makers” — crafters, educators, tinkerers, tech enthusiasts, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs,…
Not a Ruben’s tube
So it’s not a Ruben’s tube, but what is it? Well, like a Ruben’s tube, it’s a metal container (cookie sheet) with evenly spaced holes in it. And we pump…
CNC Machine
I made my own CNC or Computer Numerical Control machine. I started with nothing but a set of plans I downloaded from the internet and only a vague idea of…
World’s Largest QR Code
At the time Hackerspace Charlotte created the World’s Largest Permanent QR-Code! We even got it certified by the Guinness Book of Worlds Records. Years later the paint is starting to…
Froot
Carbonated fruit? Of course! But if you happen to break a bunch of glass vessels in the process of pressurizing the C02 and you want to research other pressure vessels…
