4 Awesome DIY website for every engineering student

The smell of molten solder iron, the thrill of connections, and bringing ideas to life is addictive. Few online aids to nurture this addiction!

1. Adafruit: Exhaustive and Inspiring!

You will find projects of varying levels ranging from blinking a simple LED to designing a laser dog goggles to building a complex media center. Crisp and easy to follow tutorials keeps you motivated. 

The exact components and tools used in many of the projects may not be available in India, however, generic alternates are plenty. A little imagination and a trip to lamington road will help you build the project frugally!

2. Instructables: True to its name!

Instructables is filled with amazing reader-contributed, tech and non-tech projects. Step-by-step instructions, relevant photographs and an active user community make it super-interesting.

Since the website is crowd-sourced, few project instructions may be low on accuracy. Use your discretion. Overall, Instructables is one of the best sites for DIY projects.

3. Make: Fuel to your mental fire!

Make is a charming, little DIY nut book that offers fascinating articles for constructing just about anything. You can check ‘Make Youtube’ channel for project videos. The magazine organizes Maker’s Faire across the world where tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists and engineers gather to show and share their creations. 

The Indian version, MakerFest, will be held on 10th and 11th of January, 2015 at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. A must attend event for all engineers.

4. Little Bits: Power of electronics without soldering!

LittleBits manufactures innovative electronic kits and modules that snap together (using magnets) to make exciting projects. What interests us is their project section which is full of wacky project ideas!

Don’t let this vacation pass without getting your hands dirty. Write to us with project ideas, queries, and photographs of your projects. We promise to publish the best entries on our blog. You can email at deepak@educationdebunked.com.