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Theremin

This project can be divided into two parts. The first is the musical instrument itself, consisting o…

Micro Star Wars Arcade Machine

Star Wars Micro is a GPH Caanoo based miniature arcade with the first ever fully working miniature A…

Garage Parking Assistant

Safely park your car without fear of dents and scratches with this computerized garage parking assis…

BEAM Solar Chariots

BEAM robot building techniques allow you to build fun and simple little robots with lots of room for…

Freeform Arduino

As an artist, sometime I created an art pieces without planning ahead what I want to draw or paint,…

Game Show Buttons

When one button is pressed, it automatically locks the other one out until the quizmaster flips a re…

Pocket Poker Computer

Poker Buddy calculates the odds you have the best hand at the table throughout the game and announce…

Mod. Wired Robotic Arm to "Wireless" Controlled by RevIO - DIY Arduino

Another DIY project to build my own Robot Arm's five control PCB and "piggy back" to…

RevIO - A DIY Arduino

RevIO is a DIY Arduino that bring out the 28 Inout/Output pins to use different from the way origina…

A Useless Machine

It turns itself off.
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5 Extraordinary Electronics from The Great Create

It’s been awhile since we’ve had a batch of projects on The Great Create that were all about fun. Whether harkening back to the great electronic...

Jerry Heep Lights up RadioShack HQ

Jerry Heep has been a RadioShack Staff Engineer for over three decades, and in that time he’s designed and built modems, multimeters and all kinds of...

High School Makerspaces: Q&A with MAKE’s Dale Dougherty

Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of MAKE magazine, has a mission—to bring a culture of making to America’s high schools. In Dale’s view,...

Calculus & Soda Bottles – Jerry Heep on Electrical Engineering

  Jerry Heep has been a RadioShack Staff Engineer since the days of the Tandy TRS-80.  He’s worked on all kinds of cool gadgets, and products...

A Mississippi RadioShack Invaded by Robots

On a frigid February day in Pearl, Mississippi, a group of 15- and 16-year-old high school students braved the 30-degree cold to set up shop in front...

Jerry Heep’s Lost Loves Left on the Workbench

Jerry Heep has been a RadioShack Staff Engineer for more than 30 years. In that time, he’s designed and built a host of products that can be found on...

In-Depth With Frog Designs’ TRON Cycles

During our time at SXSW 2012, Ricky and I were able to spend some time at the Dorkbot & ATX Hacekerspace event at SXSW Create. During our time...

Dorkbot & ATX Hackerspace at SXSW Create: RadioShack Recap

On our last day of SXSW, Ricky and I were able to check out the Dorkbot & ATX Hackerspace event at SXSW Create.  This event was filled with...

Q&A With Massimo Banzi: Cofounder of Arduino

Massimo Banzi dropped into RadioShack headquarters last week, and we couldn’t help but squeal like starstruck girls at a Bieber concert. This is the...

Five Imaginative Inventions from The Great Create

Part of the spirit of The Great Create is improving upon existing technology to make something that is even better.  To paraphrase a TV show our...

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