Last month, I talked about how to get started with mBed and ARM processors using a very inexpensive development board. I wanted to revisit mBed, though, and show something with a little more substa… ...

In this informative and engaging tutorial, discover how to build your very own bike generator at home. Learn step-by-step how ...

The basic design of Orosz’s solar generator system is simple: a parabolic trough (taking up 15 square meters in this case) focuses light on a pipe containing motor oil. The oil circulates ...

Pedal to Metal I found a lot of the build details on Instructables, the online project-sharing community, where user saullopez52 had done basically what I had in mind.

Discover how to produce a multiple output arbitrary signal generator cheaply and quickly with low-cost, hobbyist-level microcontroller development boards.

Build a simple complementary-bracket-pulse generator August 20, 2009 by Horst Koelzow, Global Thermoelectric, Calgary, AB, Canada; Edited by Martin Rowe and Fran Granville Comments 0 Advertisement ...

Learn how to build a DIY wind generator that uses inexpensive GM-sourced parts like a alternator, fan-clutch assembly, a bracket and a pole.

Bananas are radioactive and can produce positrons. Could we use this to build a generator? Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain considers the possibility.