element14 Presents

Its that time of the millennium again, time for another Star Wars movie and we thought it would be appropriate to make a Star Wars themed build to coincide with the release of the movie.

In this episode Ben, Karen and Felix set out to build an R2-D2 cooler for your Star Wars cooling needs.

In this episode Ben and Felix set out to create the ultimate Hackbook Pro using the Novena laptop (A new open-hardware computing platform, flexible and powerful, designed for use as a desktop, laptop, or standalone board.)

The build will be broken up into three parts, lets get started!

In this episode Ben will go over the basics of programming on CodeBug, from motor control to making your own game! CodeBug is a fun, low cost, programmable wearable device that you can learn to program.

For a while now Ben has been making and selling single handed accessability controllers. In todays episode Ben will tear down the X-Box One controller and show you how to do mods of your own.

Fallout 4 has been released and that means one thing, Ben needs to eliminate any possible reason to get off the couch. In this episode Ben creates a new, improved version of his beloved Hot Pocket dispenser.

This week on The Ben Heck Show, Ben completes his spy gear project to stop the evil Pieface from spraying radioactive pie filling all over the world. Ben puts the finishing touches on his hidden camera lunchbox by adding the Raspberry Pi 2, a battery pack, and AVR for servo motor control then puts it to the test. Watch the episode to see if Ben’s spy gear can stop Pieface before it’s too late

The evil Pie Face plans to turn the world to crust, special agent Ben Bondendorf must stop him. In order for Ben to accomplish this he must build some sort of surveillance device that will enable him to stop Pie Face before his evil plan is realized. In this episode Ben and Felix complete the mechanical portion of the build.

Ben works on Halloween inspired projects on this week’s episode of The Ben Heck Show while Felix fights off the Ghost of Unfinished Projects Past. First, Ben tells the story of Mothman while he builds spooky blinking eyes using edge lit acrylic, mechanical shutters and a motor. Next, Ben builds a haunted light switch prop for a scary movie set. Watch the episode to see Ben use his new builds to defeat the ghosts and then visit the element14 Community to view all episodes of The Ben Heck Show and interact with fellow viewers and engineers!

“3, 2, 1…Fire!” This week Ben travels to St. Louis and visits Eaton’s Electrical Sector to talk about the essentials of circuit protection. First, Ben tours the facility to learn about the transformers, load banks and generator that supply the voltage to power the test board. Next, they demonstrate a wire whip test, arc flash and light bulb surge to express the importance of circuit protection. Watch the episode to see why it’s important to protect anything electric in your home and then visit the element14 Community to view all episodes of The Ben Heck Show and interact with fellow viewers and engineers!

Ben’s future self delivers an Apple Watch for Ben to unbox and tear down this week in the “Hack to the Future” episode of The Ben Heck Show! Using a spudger and tweezers, Ben dissects the watch’s tiny screws and pieces to learn how they all work together to perform its different capabilities and discovers which parts take up the most real estate in the device. Watch the episode to see if Ben can save the future and visit the element14Community to view all episodes of The Ben Heck Show and interact with fellow viewers and engineers!