How To: Build a Leyden jar and use a capacitor
Simple yet effective, capacitors come in a dizzying array of forms and materials, vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration - the mighty capacitor!
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How To: Watermark photos in Lightroom 2
Get your dose of the coolest Adobe Lightroom tutorials, tips, time-saving shortcuts, photographic inspiration, and undocumented tricks with Matt Kloskowski from Photoshop User TV. Photoshop Lightroom is the leading photo management software solution. See what leading photographers use to manage their photos, and how.
How To: Use a breadboard, also known as a protoboard
This two-part video introduces you to the breadboard, also called a protoboard, used to build electronic circuits without soldering. The first part of this presentation describes the features of a breadboard.
How To: Insert LED lights into plastic action figure to make light-up action figures
Action figures may be on the way out as mainstream toys, but all your old ones are awesome, we swear. If you don't mind modifying your precious toys a little bit, check out this video to learn how to insert LED lights into plastic action figures and make them light up awesomely.
How To: Survive a school or office shooting
Despite all the tragic stories you hear on the news, you'll probably never be involved in a shooting. But you never know. Nobody thinks it’s going to happen to them – until it does. Be prepared to survive a shooting rampage, just in case.
How To: Play pinochle
Pinochle is a card game with complex rules, strategies, and tactics. Here’s a game overview for new players.
How To: Control an LED with Arduino
See how to control an LED with Arduino with MAKE Magazine! This is a video tutorial on a favorite little micro-controller, the Arduino. This is a really informal how-to, and is meant to show you just how fast and easy it is to work with the Arduino.
How To: Draw and letter with lead like an architect
Take a lesson in architecture from renowned architect Doug Patt by watching this video tutorial. If you want to learn about drawing and designing, without going to school, Doug's just the teacher. Watch to see how to draw and letter with lead like an architect.
How To: Make an LED or a light emitting diode
Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode. Learn - who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own.
How To: Perform electrolysis with pencil lead
See how to do electrolysis of water with graphite (lead from a pencil). The positive side has oxygen bubble, and the negative side has hydrogen bubble. Just get a 9V dry cell battery.
How To: Make a pocket LED cube
This week, Bre Pettis teams up with Mitch Altman and George Shammas to make a little 3x3x3 cube made of little LED lights that you can program with any kind of animation that you like.
How To: Test an LED bulb with a multimeter
A cool way to test a LED bulb emitter! Plug it in to your multimeter and see it light up. It's really cool!
How To: Power a one-watt high power LED
This video tutorial from OzLabs will show you how power the one-watt high powered LED using 120 volt source using a 12 volt adapter.
How To: Play "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin on guitar.
This version of "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin is a wee bit shorter than their original (I left out the G F and C chords played in the middle ). I play it on my 2004 Jay Turser through a 1989 Boss ME-5 Guitar Effects Unit.
How To: Play a Led Zeppelin guitar solo
Learn how to play Jimmy Page's guitar solo from 'What is and What Should Never Be' by Led Zeppelin.
How To: Sharpening a lead knife
Watch this video to learn how to sharpen a lead knife. This is a good tip for people interested in making glass projects, such as stained glass, lampworking, etc.
How To: Lead the receiver in football
Learn how to use a football drill that develops good timing between quarterbacks and receivers and helps the quarterback lead the receiver.
How To: Play lead guitar and solo over chords
In this lesson you will learn various lead guitar techniques using an available jam track that can be downloaded from www.nextlevelguitar.com
How To: Perform ocho cortado & dynamic turns in the Tango
In this tutorial you will learn how to lead for the ocho cortado Tango step and specifically how to lead a dynamic turn to the right in a close embrace. Pay attention to the way to use your feet on the ground, and the way to hold the embrace.
News: Atheer's Enterprise AR Platform Goes to Work on iPhones & iPads as Remote Support Tool
Not all enterprise augmented reality tools require a high-end headset and heavy computing power. Sometimes, a smartphone can do the job just as well. Along those lines, software maker Atheer is now bringing its workforce AR platform to iPhones and iPads via a native app.
How To: Program a $6 NodeMCU to Detect Wi-Fi Jamming Attacks in the Arduino IDE
Hackers and makers are often grouped under the same label. While hackers draw on computer science skills to write programs and find bugs, makers use electrical engineering to create hardware prototypes from microprocessor boards like the Arduino. We'll exercise both sets of skills to program a $6 NodeMCU to display the status of a Wi-Fi link via an LED, allowing us to monitor for jamming attacks.
News: Scope AR Brings Live, Interactive AR Video Support to Caterpillar Customers
Customer service just got a lot more interesting. Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar just announced official availability of what they're calling the CAT LIVESHARE solution to customer support, which builds augmented reality capabilities into the platform.
News: Microsoft Research Shows Off Mobile Holoportation
In recent years, wave after wave of technological advancement has led us down roads that are beginning to look more and more like science fiction stories. In their efforts to bring us from science fiction to science fact, Microsoft Research showed us a new communication medium called Holoportation earlier this year—and now they have found a way to make this highly complex holographic system far more mobile.
Mac for Hackers: How to Get Your Mac Ready for Hacking
When it comes to hacking guides, most are written from the perspective of a Linux user. There are a few outliers, but it's mainly Linux, which leads to the idea that Linux is the only OS that's viable for hacking. This couldn't be further from the truth. A properly set up Apple machine can do quite a bit of heavy lifting.
How To: De-Gunk Your Dirty Grill Grates with Aluminum Foil
As you get barbecuing this summer, you're likely to encounter a few grills that aren't exactly the cleanest. At parks or campgrounds and even on your friends' grills (or, um, your own), no one wants to place food on gunked-up grill grates.
How To: Like the Way You Smell? You're Making Yourself More Attractive
Each morning, we spend a significant portion of our time staring into the mirror. From choosing clothes and accessories to perfecting our hair, we try to make ourselves attractive. Yet catching others' attention doesn't have to rely on preening and primping. There's some truth to the maxim of beauty in confidence—all you need to make yourself more attractive is spray on your favorite scent.
How To: Harness Bluetooth Communication Using Arduino
Since its creation, Arduino has been growing exponentially more popular as DIY enthusiasts and Makers alike realize its potential. As new versions of the device are released, many easy-to-use peripherals are showing up on the market also.
How To: Make Your Nexus 5's LED Notification Light Dance to the Music
Most of the time, the LED notification light on the front of your Android device just sits there doing nothing. Other than that brief period of time between when you receive a notification and when you turn your screen on, it's practically useless for anything other than showing when your charger is plugged in.
How To: Completely Customize the LED Notification Colors on Your Nexus 5 Without Rooting
One of the many perks of being a Nexus user is that Google bakes in all sorts of goodies for use on its dessert-themed OS. From an easily unlocked bootloader, to a smooth and well-crafted "stock" UI experience, to being one of the first devices to receive updates straight from Mountain View—team Nexus is the team to beat.
How To: Use Real Steam Power For... Robots?
First off, let me say this—using real steam power is dangerous, and heavy, and just generally not worth it when you have modern alternatives. Except, you know, if you're a Steampunk. Or this guy:
News: How to Make a $25 Touchscreen
In this episode of Mike's Lab, we will be creating our own touchscreen! Video: .
How To: Add LED Turn Signals to Your Bike for Safe Road Cycling
In the past few weeks, you've already learned how to make your bike light up at night with some DIY rim lights and handlebar lights. But how about something a little more functional? Instead of using those tedious hand signals (which drivers don't even understand), spruce up your ride with some do-it-yourself LED turn signals.
News: LED Faucet Light
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How To: Make a Functional Circuit—On Paper!
With this video tutorial from Household Hacker, you will learn how to make a functional circuit on paper. Really—on paper! See how to make an LED light up with a lead-based paper circuit and how to make a resistor on that circuit. It also shows how to make a flashlight out of one of these paper circuits, an LED, and a battery.
How To: Use a function generator to make waveforms for electronics projects
A function or signal generator is an electronic device that can create different types of waves and send them through a circuit without building oscillators. This video will teach you how they work and how to build a basic LED dimmer that uses one as an example.
How To: Use your Nokia N900 better by downloading wallpapers, tethering, etc.
If you're a loyal Nokia customer and proud owner of their N900 smartphone, you may be wondering how to get the most out of it since there's so much more info out there about Android and iOS platform devices. This video will show you how to download custom wallpapers, use tethering, free up RootFs, and change the LED pattern on your N900, among other things.
How To: Make the ultimate LED glowsticks in any color you want
This is an easy and fun project that will add a little light to any night time celebration. Take a few LEDs in any color you want, some basic electronics gear and a hot glue gun. This will be more vibrant than any glowstick you can find in the store, and will last much longer
How To: Make fromage blanc cheese with buttermilk, whole milk, lemon juice and salt
Fromage blanc cheese is something every cook should experience in the kitchen. To consider yourself a real chef, you need to grab the cheesecloth and dip your hands in the cow's milk, because making cheese is a culinary experience like no other.
How To: Remove and install the CV halfshaft / axle on a front-wheel drive car
The CV axles (halfshafts) on your front-wheel drive car can develop a rip or leak pretty easily, leading to noisy driving and eventually axle unreliability. Watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to remove and install a CV halfshaft.
How To: Make an OLED demonstration cell with blue glow stick juice
Glow sticks are one of the few things used commonly by ravers and military personnel, but their uses extend far beyond dancing and illuminating. The juice contained in blue glow sticks can be used to make an organic LED (OLED) test board, and this video will show you how to do it.