Month: February 2012

  • Tool-Chest Made by Hand

    After coming to terms with my woodworking addiction last summer, I started seeking a way to get a fix while at university. Luckily I happened upon DIYode! My first project was a tool chest, found in Tom Fidgen’s book “Made by Hand”. It’s made with poplar and walnut. For anyone interested in this plan, you’ll…

  • The Diyode CodeShield

    The Diyode CodeShield

    Like many other hackerspaces, Diyode has been running arduino workshops as part of our community outreach. Typically, we’ve started with an intro to the concept, built a simple button/led circuit on a breadboard, then coded it up. People with a natural aptitude for this kind of stuff do okay with that, but we’ve seen a…

  • Tytler School Demo

    Tytler School Demo

    We showed off the rocket launcher at Tytler school the other day. We brought the kids plenty of candy – but to get it they had to make an armor piercing rocket 😉 They got pretty clever pretty fast… Rocket Launch Video