Ever wonder what’s in fix-a-flat? The February 2007 issue of wired tells you! “Amorphous polyolefin – In the can, this shapeless mass of polymeric olefins (low-density plastics like poly-propylene and poly-ethylene) remains dissolved in the heavy aromatic naphtha. But once Fix-a-Flat is sprayed into the tire, the plastics coat the inner surface and plug the […]
First we showed you how to solder.. now learn how to use a multimeter – This video will show you how to: Test voltage Test current Test resistance Continuity Test batteries … and more! Go get your metering on’ Multimeter Tutorial – Make: Video Podcast – Link. Multimeter Tutorial – Make: PDF Podcast – Link.
We’ve covered a lot of CNC router projects and plans – this one looks pretty interesting, but the plans are for sale for $20. If a maker out there promises to build it fairly soon, we’ll pay for the plans ($20) as long as you make it, review it and take some photos – Link. Related: […]
If you’re in the NYC area, go check out the Carts of Brooklyn racing association’s shopping cart races… “The Iditarod is the famous long-distance race in which yelping dogs tow a sled across Alaska. The IDIOTAROD is pretty much the same thing, except that instead of dogs, it’s people, instead of sleds, it’s shopping carts, […]
Robert writes – “An LED Matrix is an array of LED’s with the anode or positive terminal of each row connected together, and the cathode or negative terminal of each column connected together. Or the anode can be connected to a column, and cathode connected to a row.” – Link. Five pages of information, good […]
The first in a monthly series of performances and installations at LEMURplex is off to an excellent start, congrats to everyone at LEMURplex! Photos from the event – Link. Video (YouTube) – Link. TRANZDUCER – Link. TRANZDUCER – Performances and installations at LEMURplex, Brooklyn, NY- Link.
Check it out, we’re sending origami over iTunes (RSS 2.0) over on CRAFT… Nat writes – Phillip Chapman-Bell of The Fitful Flog brings his amazing origami skills as a new contributor to our weekly CRAFT Pattern Podcast. This week’s pattern is a new craft added to the mix, Origami! Phillip’s Star Vase is a beautiful […]
