Hubble’s Amazing Rescue @ NOVA – PBS Video
Watch how NASA and gang saved Hubble…
Year: 2009
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 […]
Small World-Themed Birthday Party
I have to admit that when it comes to planning my kids’ birthday parties, I tend to be a bit of a slacker. Occasionally, though, I come across party inspiration that is so fantastic, I am throttled in to wanting to plan the best parties I can imagine. That’s how I’m feeling after reading Mena’s […]
Q & A with MakerBeam @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Q & A with MakerBeam @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories… MakerBeam is an open-source metal building system. There’s a technology called T-slot (example here) that is widely used for industrial automation, robotics and machine enclosures. MakerBeam has defined a standard called Mini-T which is a miniature version of T-slot. It’s small enough to work as […]
