Just in time for summer is this DIY air conditioner. This is version 3 of the DIY air conditioner, so a lot of the problems have been worked out. It uses a heat exchanger and bags of ice to cool the air. He even made 40 bags of ice over the winter so he doesn’t […]
Bittersweet wrote a tutorial for these easy-to-make friendly fruit magnets for your refrigerator. Thanks Sydney for pointing these out.
This week: Miyazaki Modelers, the Wooden Supercar, Tatamet Folding Helmets, the Baby Elephant Copter, the MC Escher Stair Walking Jig, A DIY Underwater Fishing Camera, The Cycle Man Toilet Paper Holder, a Carved Kendama, Magnetic Motor Fish Microbot, The Mint House Makoto Eye Mask, The Mushroom Stool Cardboard Box, Hitachi’s Hard Disk Crusher, and the […]
There’s a technique called the Polaroid emulsion lift that allows you to transfer a Polaroid print to different materials, such as glass, rock, or watercolor paper. Essentially, you soak a completely dry photo (one that has set for at least 24 hours) in hot water and carefully peel the emulsion layer from the photo backing. […]
Hack-a-day’s new contributor Jason Rollette has a nice overview for the why-and-how on using lead free solder. I certainly learned a thing or two!
Berlin’s Whimsey has a pattern to make this knitted dish scrubbie. [ via Bleu Arts ]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Star Wars minifig Joule Thief [bottom-left] Noise Toy in a Tea Tin [bottom-right] ‘Computervision’ PC mod[top-right] Lasering button elements[top-left] 555 timer cake Benito7 Arduino programmer Underground storm shelter Speaker Dolls 2-string fretless bass Grounding bar lamellaphone Guitar Hero standard MIDI controller deluxe Arduino text input device
