2013 Huntsville Hamfest
The guys from Amateur Logic head down to Huntsville Hamfest. Looks like an interesting show, quite the line up when the doors opened.
Educational
Fairchild 1967 Briefing on Integrated Circuits
Funny how they look at the circuitry from the 60s and call it old fashioned. Interesting how we work with these little pieces of magic every day without having to know the complexity that goes into creating them. Other than automation I don’t think much has changed over the years. I wonder if someone sent them a letter at the address shown at 19:08 if they would get anything
Complimentary Subscription to The Scientist Magazine
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WaterColorBot
Check out the cool WaterColorBot. It was dreamed up by Super Awesome Sylvia and helped to be created by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. I can see this be a great project for older school kids to put together and have the younger school kids use it. The Kickstarter has been funded so this is something that we will be seeing around. The robot is built from CNC router cut
Nintendo 64 Game Console Teardown
Dave from the EEVBlog does a Nintendo 64 Game Console Teardown. Looks like Nintendo figures the regular security screws such as torx was not worthy of their housing. They have used some crazy security screw that I have never seen before. It didn’t hold up to a drill with a large drill bit though! I am surprised to see how much metal there is on the inside. Next time
Magic Wand Project for Kids
This Magic Wand project can be used to get someone young interested in electronics since instead of simply doing something practical this project appears to be magic. The project uses a magnetic reed switch and a magnet embedded into a magic wand to turn things on just by bringing the wand close to them. There are a ton of possibilities here such as hiding the magnet between your fingers
Laser Cutting 3D Objects
 When think of what a laser cutter can do you normally think of cutting things and etching surfaces. I never would have thought of making something 3D other than making notches that can link together. This video shows a technique that holds the material being worked over the main laser cutter bed using some stilts. Cuts are made in acrylic and since acrylic bends when heated the laser