Weekend Project: Make an Electronic Cricket
Modify an ordinary solar powered yard light and create a nightime chorus of crickets that sing through the night! Fun weekend project!
Month: January 2009
Weekend Project: Styrofoam Plate Speaker
Make a decent sounding speaker from a disposable styrofoam plate. EZ and cheap project with surprising results!
Weekend Project: Hard Drive Wind Chimes
Reuse a crashed hard drive or two for a set of wind chimes. Easy to make and sound great.
Weekend Project: Aircraft Band Receiver
Take an old AM/FM transistor radio and make a quick modification so it picks up Air Traffic Control, Air Shows and other Civil Aviation Band transmissions. Amazing!
Weekend Project: In-Car Camcorder Mount
Rig an onboard camera like the cops and NASCAR, for 15 bucks.
Weekend Project: Making Biodiesel
Make your own backyard biodiesel. It’s easy to make a small batch that will work in any diesel engine. You won’t need any special equipment–an old juice bottle will serve as the “reactor” vessel–and on such a small scale, you can quickly refine your technique and perform further experiments.
Weekend Project: Toilet Paper Launcher
Shoot streams of toilet paper in midair. The Streamerator is the ultimate TP machine!