Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories gets up close to some LEDs, and takes a peek beyond the light: I took some close-up pictures of LEDs to get a look at what’s inside. These are just standard T-1 3/4 (5 mm) package superbright LEDs with clear lenses, one of the most common types, and I took the […]
Make your own fingerpaint with this homemade recipe featured in The Austrialian Women’s Weekly. [ via ] Link.
The solar charging system makes this DIY electric mower different from the rest. You will never have to put those gas cans in your car again, and the maintenance is a whole lot less too! There aren’t a lot of eco-friendly mowers out there, never mind this one was made out of a lot of […]
Becky @ CRAFT spotted a nice design noir project, she writes – From the technophobic department, Zoe Papadopoulou at the Royal Academy of Art is making these shields for anything electric, knitting a copper filament in her cozies and electrically grounding it. This provides some shielding from the electromagnetic fields these devices emit. Truth is, […]
Clever way to sharpen knives, Science And Mechanics 1936 – Link. Related: Knife sharpening tricks (video) – Link.
There’s a special place reserved in my digital heart for the classic arcades like Tempest and Asteroids, and ironically it’s because of the flawless analog goodness of their vector-based displays. I still boot up a Tempest emulator for the Dreamcast from time to time, though while it remains fun to play, it just has no […]
Here’s a cool project you can do in a few hours, if you’re crazy (this is pretty dangerous) – build a lightbulb with two socket bases. Check out the link below for meticulous step-by-step instructions! How to make a working weird looking bulb – [via],
