Year: 2009

Make your own Wii smartboard

Rather than spending thousands of dollars per classroom, students and faculty could make them in the building. With a project like this in your school, this could be a great way to do some electronics, system design and get a taste of mass production of the components. While this may not fit in to your current curriculum to have students build these systems, it could be a great way to collaborate across subject areas, or it could be a great after school club activity.

China’s DIY aviation community

China’s DIY aviation community

From Wired’s Autopia blog: China is home to a widespread DIY culture fed by necessity (the mother of all invention) and innovation. These garage builders and innovators are, like their products, often called shanzhai. Literally translated, it means “mountain strongholds,” but it has come to mean nonprofessional or clandestine manufacturers turning out products from the […]

Quick Knitting Projects

If you’re like me, sometimes you just want to knit something for yourself and quick! I’ve rounded up some of our best knitting projects that you can finish by the end of the week like Kristin Roach’s Stash Socks pattern where you can use up all your leftover bits of yarn. Here are more quick […]