Jason Bradbury posted up more details on his DIY hoverboard. We like Jason, he’s a UK TV presenter / Maker who builds gizmos and gadgets – the world’s first Bluetooth phone glove, $1 electronic lie detector, an in-car HUD, wearable PC, DIY PVRs and this hoverboard – lots to check out and see on his […]
Chris sent us in a (humane) how to on catching a mouse without a mousetrap, all using household items – Link.
Andrew writes – “Bob Brown of Southern Polytechnic State University has a neat series of Web Lectures on electronic circuits that describe electronics from simple electric circuits, through combinational circuits. The circuits are emulated using Javascript functions, which make it feel like you are interacting with the circuitry itself.” – Link.
Ok, so Apple now has a Hi-Fi stereo / boom box that blows away my DIY version I’m working on in every measurable way…but c’mon this one might actually go boom – Link.
Chuck sent in his great how to on making a copper pipe potato gun – “Dave and I have an affinity for copper. We’re, I guess, slightly obsessed with the stuff. It’s shiny, soft but strong, and easy to work with. So we build stuff out of it more and more frequently. Some bloggable, some […]
Clarke writes – “‘Kon-Tiki’ a huge scouting event in South Africa inspired by Thor Heyerdhal’s 1947 adventure aboard a reed raft demonstrating that ancient people could have sailed from South America to Polynesia. Troops build rafts that must stay afloat for 24 hours using their pioneering skills (ropes, poles and oil drums; no nails or […]
David writes – “Spamgraffiti is a series of online installations created from spam. Each environment is created by spooling through one email account and visually articulating the spam on a series of layers. Newer spam appears above and slowly filters out older spam below. As the rate of spam increases over time per account, the […]
