Made On Earth — Big Heads
“You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! Damn you all to hell!” Oh, my mistake. This isn’t a post- apocalyptic world where apes rule, but rather the parking lot behind artist David Adickes’ studio near downtown Houston.
Year: 2006
Made On Earth — Johnny Jetpack
Nathan Arnold of Seattle has discovered that strapping a dummy to a compressed-air jet- pack, launching it more than 100 feet in the air, and then watching it fall to the ground is three times as funny as just throwing a dummy off something really high and watching it fall to the ground.
Hacking LED Christmas lights for low voltage use
John writes – “I saw this and just had to share. You know those very neat LED Christmas lights that you could find on the clearance tables a few months ago, you remember them now because your going to kick yourself for not buying a crap load of them. Anyway, Joe has a tutorial on […]
HOWTO – Refashion an Old Chair
Sarah from the Pink of Perfection has just posted up a video on how to refashion an old chair — this one, found abandoned along the side of the road. From Sarah, “I knew a slap of paint and a fresh, modern fabric would transport this classic frame to any left bank sidewalk cafe.” Link.
Build a home ceiling-mounted kids gym and climbing wall
Creatrope has another fun project, a home kid’s gym – “This ceiling-mounted kids gym and climbing wall has seen a lot of use, and was easy to build once I figured out a strategy. It was around $125 worth of parts. It was inspired by a friend who has an even more elaborate one. It […]
Homebrew through plating machine
M writes – “I got sick of waiting for my PCB’s to be made externaly and therefore wanted to be able to produce PCB’s for my prototypting needs by myself. Now, it is not too difficult to create even double sided PCB’s at home. However, having the vias conect the two layers by hand is […]
HOW TO – Make a garage monitor
Joe writes – “Need to know if the garage door is open? Need to know if you pulled in far enough for the door to close without hitting your bike? Need to know all this with web access… I present the garage monitor 3000. When the car reaches the right spot, the LED turns from […]