Make columnist and kayak builder George Dyson sent us these photos (click to make big) from Wipke Iwersen, his boatbuilding friend who is on an extended visit to the Phillipines. George says: “This re-evolution of the electric rice cooker is brilliant, and new to me. Have you seen this? I love it!” The rice cooker […]
Jon Udell has posted an informative piece for anyone considering installing a wood gasification boiler; he gets into everything from dealing with local regulations to installing the unit: By now it was November and the boiler was still sitting in the garage. The next hurdle, which gave me a few sleepless nights, was moving this […]
Here is another new kit available in the Maker Shed today. It’s the perfect way to get started soldering. The new deluxe kit includes the demo board, a soldering iron, and wire cutters. Everything you need to get started. Soldering skills rusty or non-existent? This deluxe version of the Solder Practice kit comes with 30W […]
Innovation Wednesday has created simple charging stands for both the G1 and iPhone that support two different viewing angles. At $5.99, some people won’t think twice about picking one up, but I bet some of of you are already thinking about creative variations on these designs. Innovation Wednesday: the G1 Stand Innovation Wednesday: the iPhone […]
About a week ago, Claire from Poopscape posted a teaser picture of a project in progress to her Flickr stream. There were some hints and guesses for papier-mâché, and when her tutorial went up it was better than most papier-mâché projects I’ve seen around. She’s created these fantastic faux bois containers from mostly recycled materials. […]
Wow! Hannah Perner-Wilson made this really avant-garde neck-stroking wearable electronic feather device, and made a how-to on Instructables.
New kit in the Shed today gang – The Arduino controlled servo robot kit is a great kit that includes everything you need to begin experimenting with robots, Arduino micro-controllers and open source hardware. Solder-free & ready to run out of the box. Features: Fully programmable using the optional Arduino Duemilanove micro-controller. (an open source […]
