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Bens Steampunk Persistence of Vision Display - The Ben Heck Show

Ben gets to work creating what he imagines a television would be in a steampunk world. This mechanical display will rotate a panel of LEDs at a very fast rate to create an illusion of solid images....

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Bens Steampunk Persistence of Vision Display Part Two - The Ben Heck Show

Ben continues building a persistence of vision display. In the previous episode, he designed and stuffed PCBs with LEDS and constant current LED drivers. After he tested his LED panel, he began his...

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Bens Steampunk Persistence of Vision Display Part Three - The Ben Heck Show

Ben finishes building a persistence of vision display. He has the LED panels and his home-brew PCBs functioning according to plan. Now Ben and his assistant, Felix, can get to work assembling a solid...

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Beyond WASD: Foot Pedals for PC Gaming - The Ben Heck Show

Ben takes on a viewer's idea to make foot pedals to supplement the keyboard and mouse in PC gaming. He gets started by programming a Teensy to work as a human interface device. After showing the...

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Ben Heck's Laser Printer Salvage - The Ben Heck Show

Ben tears apart a broken laser printer to see what parts he can salvage from it. He finds a variety of useful items from springs to opto-interrupters and muses about how the parts can be incorporated...

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Ben Let the Dogs Out: Electronic Door Build - part 1 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben makes a plan to create a secure dog door by hacking readily available parts.

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Ben Let the Dogs Out: Electronic Door Build - Part 2 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben Heck completes the automatic dog-door opener he started in episode 130 with surprising results.

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Dirty Jobs - Ben Tears Down a Mac Classic - The Ben Heck Show

Ben tears down a Mac Classic. What will he find?

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Speak and Dave Jones - The Ben Heck Show

Ben hacks an old See 'n Say toy with quotes from Dave Jones of the EEVBlog.

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Let's Try PCB Etching! - The Ben Heck Show

Ben shows you how to etch your own PCB boards.

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Ben's Text Radios for Maker Faire - The Ben Heck Show

Ben and Alyson decide to make text radios for this year's Maker Faire.

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Ben Heck's Maker Faire Solar Wear Scavenger Hunt - The Ben Heck Show

Ben goes on a scavenger hunt at Maker Faire to find parts for a solar powered phone charging hat.

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Take a Look Inside with Oscilloscopes - The Ben Heck Show

Ben visits Madison Area Technical College to solve three problems with their high end oscilloscopes.

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Ben Heck's Drill Press Restoration - The Ben Heck Show

Ben Heck restores a 34 year old drill press that needs a lot of TLC.

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Ben's Wearable Solder Gauntlet Part 1 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben sets out to create the ultimate in wearables for engineers!

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Ben's Wearable Solder Gauntlet Part 2 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben brings his solder right to his fingertips as he finishes his wearable solder gauntlet!

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Ben's ZX Spectrum Mod Part 1 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben takes apart a ZX Spectrum and mods it!

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LIve Action Minecraft Blocks Part 1 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben makes real-world versions of Minecraft blocks, switches, torches and redstone needed to build logic gates.

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Live Action Minecraft Blocks Part 2 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben Heck continues his quest to build real-world versions of Minecraft blocks.

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Ben Heck's ZX Spectrum Mod Part 2 - The Ben Heck Show

Ben Heck continues his epic journey to build a ZX Spectrum handheld device!

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