Raspberry Pi + Scratch + Scratch GPIO = Fantastic! Had fun in the workshop with Raspberry PI and how easy Scratch GPIO makes it to control external hardware. I need to dive deeper into this.
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Arduino Project Handbook
Full Color. Exciting. 188 pages filled with 45 projects plus more for makers of all skill levels. Soldering Sunday is proud to be distributing the Arduino Project Handbook written and published by Mark Geddes. This book is perfect for groups, schools, libraries, makerspaces, families and individual makers alike. Mark wrote this book because, in his words: […]
Digital Logic Using Pulleys
Found this through NashMicro.net it is a video by Alex Gorischek and as Alex has “demonstrated the construction of simple digital computers (specifically, binary logic gates) using pulleys and weights.” This would be great to build in Minecraft!
National Day of Making
In celebration of June 18th, the National Day of Making, we will be at the Rutgers New Jersey Maker Space Association from 10am to 5pm. Come and join us for the fun. While we are making at Rutgers, the White House will be hosting it’s first ever Maker Faire. Location: Rutgers Makerspace, 35 Berue Circle, Piscataway, NJ Time: 10am to 5PM […]
Steampunk World’s Fair 2014
This year’s Steampunk World’s Fair was a great experience for us at Soldering Sunday despite the crazy weather on Friday night. We got to meet fellow makers, artisans and Steampunk enthusiasts. Some were familiar faces from the Geek Creation Show in November 2013. There were so many talented people from all different disciplines. We were […]
Soda Bottle Rocket LED Fireworks on MAKE:
MAKE: featured our Soda Bottle Rocket LED Fireworks. Over the past year we have been experimenting with LEDs in all sorts of ways. It all started with us wanting to create a LED Firework display. Check out the MAKE: tutorial. You can make them too. We hope you Enjoy!