Day: April 9, 2010

How to Hack a Syringe into a Glue Gun to Make an Applicator

How to Hack a Syringe into a Glue Gun to Make an Applicator

Combine a disposable syringe and a cheap hot glue gun into a pistol-applicator for solder flux paste.

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The Best Cheap and Easy Gardening Tips

I like my gardening to be easy, and cheap ain’t bad either. Eco-friendly, innovative, and giving a nod to old wives everywhere makes it the best! Here’s a list of the best gardening tips I’ve come across, in no particular order. We’d love to learn about your favorite tips — please offer them up in […]

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Exploding piano alarm clock

Exploding piano alarm clock

Here’s a video of a nifty Exploding Piano Alarm Clock that was recently made in a graduate product design class at MIT. One of MAKE’s former interns, Jake McKenzie, was part of the team who created it. They based their project on the traditional piano drop held every spring off the MIT Baker House. The […]

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CRAFT Pattern: Simply Socks

Socks are the perfect portable knitting project especially with the onset of spring! Learn how to knit up your own socks with this pattern by Meredith Davey featured in CRAFT: 07. Meredith’s Colorado Rockies socks are now on display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and was one of the winning entries in our […]

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Brett and Sarah Peterson’s bike dashboard

Brett and Sarah Peterson’s bike dashboard

Brett and Sarah Peterson won Nokia’s Push N900 “Mod in the USA” competition with his bike dashboard: Way back in September I heard about the Nokia PUSH N900 global competition. I had been drooling over pictures and all the info I could find about the phone and thought, “Finally! This is my chance to get […]

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