How-To: Recycled wine bottle torch
This recycled wine bottle torch makes for a funky backyard picnic light, and you can get all the extra parts at the hardware store. (Thanks, Katie Wilson!)
Year: 2009
How-To: DIY air hockey
Craving some frantic air hockey fun, oldschoolstructure built an eight-foot air bearing table using chipboard, a leaf blower and plenty of elbow grease. Check the step-by-step in the project’s instructable More: HOW TO – Make a table hockey table… with real ice!
How-To: Free DIY battery holders
In this project, we’ll make battery packs essentially for free. If you need a lot, make a lot. If you need more voltage, add on more cells with couplers. If participants and students in your workshop or class all make their own, they can do it together, maybe even doing a manufacturing project to create many for future use.
Periodic table sweater withstands the elements
Rachel over @ CRAFT pointed out this cozy piece of science. Apinnick was knitting a basic sweater for her husband, when they decided to change gears and do something a bit different. Brainstroming commenced – Baruch is a microbiologist in the pharmaceutical industry. I thought about it and studied his sketches. The angles of the […]
Nokia N97 GPS antenna hack
Some N97 owners find the integrated GPS doesn’t perform as well as they’d like, so they’ve taken it upon themselves to render a proper fix.
Riding with the tall bike crew of Yogya, Indonesia
Photographer Tod Seelie has great shots and tales of recent travels to Indonesia on his blog. The set that really caught my eye is of the tall bike crew in Yogya. They remind me of an Indonesian Cyclecide, and they certainly have no shortage of modded rides.
The story of Getting Started in Electronics
I recently had the opportunity to interview Forrest Mims for a book I’m writing about the DIY movement. Forrest is a well-know amateur scientist and the author of more than 30 electronics hobbyist books. He’s also the Country Scientist columnist for MAKE. Here’s the excerpt from my interview where he discusses the origins of his […]