(image via Notcot) A company called Miniwiz has created a recycled plastic bottle specifically for building. From Inhabitat’s coverage: Made from recycled PET bottles, the lightweight bricks offer excellent acoustic and thermal insulation and can build anything from fences and roofs to pots for plants, skylights and beautiful walls of light… POLLI-Bricks possess incredible thermal […]
Sometimes, a review of even the easy things can be helpful. Like building a fire, for example. Here’s the actual bow-based method pictured, and another overall guide here.
Meagan sent us a link to her Big Box of ADHD project. I think it would be a super way to help kids (and grownups) organize their brains and ideas.
Craftster member CraftyLittleDevil recreated Doctor Who’s robotic doggie pal K-9 using fabric remnants and pipecleaners.
This video shows Joseph Melnyk “playing around” with a 256 button Monome. If you are unfamiliar with the open source Monome project check out Monome.org. There isn’t much more about this amazing 256 button Monome, but you can read more about Joseph on his website. If you though that video was cool, check out this […]
This video goes over a few different DIY portable stove configurations. The maker gives enough detail about each stove so you can easily make one for yourself. The performance specs of these little stoves is fairly impressive. Found on YouTube
Portuguese craftsman Carlos Alberto handbuilt this sublime wooden Vespa. I think the classic Vespa is one of the most beautiful designs in history, and this is a truly worthy remake. via BoingBoing Gadgets
