W. writes – A Rubens Tube uses fire to visually demonstrate the compression effects of soundwaves. Think Winamp’s little oscilloscope, but on fire. The construction of these tubes were documented by two people independently, and submitted simultaneously for Instructable.com’s Science Fair. More! The Rubens’ Tube: Soundwaves in Fire! – Link. Wiimote Rubens Tube: Control Fire […]
A pattern for you all on this lovely Wednesday! Materials: Two size 9 (5.5 mm) straight needles Three skeins of Koigu (I used two yellow and one varigated green), I got it at Purl How to ‘knit on the bias’: Cast on three stitches. Next row: Increase by one, p1, k1, p1, increase one. For […]
Dnny writes – MemPot is a control interface for circuit bent instruments and sound generators. MemPot is a built around PIC 16F819 microcontroller that reads analog resistances, records them to memory and plays them back via digital potentiometer DS1267 chip. The memory buffer size and the playback speed can be adjusted.site includes all plans for […]
Kevin Kelly published a tutorial on making your own carbonated beverages by Alastair Ong. In this really terrific tutorial he writes, “I drink a lot of seltzer. So much that my fiancee says I couldn’t survive without bubbles in my water. After trying a SodaClub home soda maker (picture above right) and realizing it would […]
Mark sent in his “little” project with a L-4 Grasshopper thrown in to boot – wow, there are a lot of makers restoring planes! – Link. Are you a maker that restores planes? Post up the comments!
Siloraptor writes – Ever since I’ve started using Linux I’ve been obsessed with doing custom routers and trying to cram as much functionality in the less amount of space possible. ‘Space’ so far being hard drive space, so I set out to build me a new router to substitute the old P5-233 Dell that was […]
Carrie from Sommer Designs did a fabulous job turning a shapeless old cardigan into a whole new sweater, with the help of strategic chopping and sewing and the addition of sweet lace trim and vintage buttons. Read all about how she did it on her blog. Link. Related: • Wardrobe Refashion on Flickr – Link. […]
