Make lenses from Jell-O
The Optical Society of America has a very cool site about the science of light. I found instructions for making lenses from Jell-O and ice, with a great explanation of how lenses work.
Year: 2009
Lake buoys from plastic bottles
Instructables user Patenteux du Nord details the construction of these attractive lake bouys: My parent’s cabin does not have drinkable tap water, so we use a lot of water bottles, juice bottles and all kind of bottles (my father prefers beer bottles). There is also no recycling system in this area, so we have to […]
Sewing with Nature Contest Reminder
You’re looking at a picnic quilt created by of Dorywithserifs–just one of many entries into the Singer “Sewing with Nature” contest! You can view more entries (or hopefully add your own) in the Sewing with Nature Flickr pool. SINGER® Sewing Company and CRAFT Magazine invite all of the crafty stitchers out there to create a […]
Autonomous snow shovel robot
This is the i-Shovel, a prototype of an autonomous snow shovel. It is meant to be left outside, waiting for snowfall. When it detects one inch of snow, it goes to work shoveling the driveway. I would have loved this as a kid! Follow the link for more info.
Downloadable Valentine Tea Bag Wrapper And Tea Tags
Creature Comforts has created an adorable Valentine tea bag wrapper and tea tags that you can download and print and give to your special Valentine. I love the look of the delicate heart tag dangling down the side of the mug!
Solder paste stenciling classes @ Sparkfun
Sparkfun offers another great skill-building workshop for circuit-heads in the Boulder, CO area – We’d like to invite you to come join us for a 2 hour class on February 11th where we will share some of the tricks and techniques for solder paste application and reflow that we use here are SparkFun. SMD soldering […]
Street Knitting/Crochet in Tel Aviv
Eric writes in with these lovely city benches in Tel Aviv featuring hand-knit and crochet accents, some more region-specific than others.