Ben Lopez checked out some of the Jameco's submitted projects when he found the Robotic Hand Kit by designer Anshul Sanam. He thought it was a great kit for getting started with motors, sensors or even animatronics. Lopez wanted to take on the challenge of making a hand. Here, he gives his top tips on how to build a robotic hand.

Get into the ghoulish spirit and watch this video from Jameco to learn how to build your own LED Pumpkin in celebration of Halloween. 

Electronic components distributor, Jameco, now offers an easy to assemble kit that is useful for beginners or someone looking to add a flashing signal to their scale model projects. The kit is available in red as a solder-free, breadboard-friendly version and a PCB/solder version. The flashing rate is adjustable with the two trimmer potentiometers and is also available in the following colours: orange, yellow, green and blue.

  Electronic component company Jameco had a Halloween pumpkin carving contest last October.