Physicists on stamps
Who is your favorite one? I like Dirac…
Month: October 2009
How-To: Felt Mushroom Business Card Holder
The only downside to having a business card holder as adorable as this one from Wee Folk Art is that folks might be so overwhelmed by its cuteness that they might forget to look at your business card. Learn how to make your own, and be sure you make some cards cute enough to match! […]
Hubble’s Amazing Rescue @ NOVA – PBS Video
Watch how NASA and gang saved Hubble…
How-To: Analog electricity usage meter
Instructables user pribich writes: I have used a Kill A Watt electric meter for a while and I decided to build an analog one. This project went from being simple, with a single panel ammeter and an outlet, to full scale with three meters, a lamp socket, binding posts, and switches for all the outputs. […]
Keef’s teef
UT Austin student/librarian/artist Keef calls this project “Professor Teeth.” It incorporates a dental mannequin with the jaws fixed up to chatter like that thing from Hellraiser that chatters? I think it’s called “The Chatterer?” Also it tells fortunes and stuff. There’s video here. [Thanks, Keef!]
How-To: Mad Hatter Costume
This Mad Hatter costume inspired by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland would be an instant hit at any Halloween get-together this year, and Rob and Corrine at Threadbanger go all-out to show you how it’s done.
DASH hexapedal cockroach-inspired robot survives large falls, dashes off
DASH hexapedal cockroach-inspired robot survives large falls, dashes off… could be a fun remake… The Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod, aptly abbreviated DASH, really moves. It’s a high-speed six-legged runner that can be built in an hour using basically cardboard and polymer sheets for its frame. Created by Paul Birkmeyer and Prof. Ronald Fearing at the […]