In celebration of my favorite planet, I’d like to open the comments up to any and all Earth Day hacks, links and activities. Think of it as an opportunity to quickly catalog a list of ideas and tools that can be used for the other 364 days of the year. Here are a few simple […]
These magnetic leaves are a pretty nice ways to turn your fridge into a virtual forest of sorts. Just be sure that you keep them away from your digital devices otherwise they might erase your data and send you back to prehistoric times. [via]
This solar grid in the Mohave desert utilizes thousands of mirrors called heliostats to focus solar energy on a boiler, where water is vaporized at over 1,000 degrees to create steam to drive turbines. Think of it as a nuclear power plant, without the radioactive dangers or the giant cooling towers to clog up the […]
Dutch designer Christiaan Postma figured out how to arrange more than 150 analog clocks in such a way that at certain times, the hands line up to spell the words of the hour. Not very down-to-the-minutes, but you can tell it’s halfway between two hours when one is devolving and anther is congealing. This must […]
The Knitted Blog shows us how to use a cookie cutter to make a perfectly-formed needle felted flower brooch. Related: • Felted Brooch Tutorial • Needle Felting Tutorial
I just finished my first composition with the LilyPad Arduino, in the form of a conductive blinky embroidered wall hanging. It generates a little tune that’s changeable by covering the photoresistor. If you’re around Phoenix, you can come see it on Friday night at Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe. Related: LilyPad Arduino
Here are 8 ways to recycle the common 2 liter plastic soda bottle. Did you know…Americans throw away 2 million plastic bottles an hour. We throw away about 868 million pounds of it annually (about 75% of what’s produced). That’s an estimated $130,000,000 worth of plastic! To download Water Bottle Recycled MP4 click here or […]
