The Billy Bookcase, which celebrated its 30th birthday last fall, is one of IKEA’s most popular products. Andrew Saffer of Melbourne, Australia shares an IKEA hack of the Billy Bookcase that he used to create a dollhouse. I imagine you could use the top half for a dollhouse and maintain use of the bottom half […]
Instructables user zzapatista writes: This is a cheap and easy way to produce lots of tasty fresh mushrooms for the kitchen, while at the same time reducing your own waste and even handling some extra. The idea is that you will use an old coffee cup as a container to grow oyster mushroom mycelium, which […]
This giant plushie shark is also a sleeping bag! Sleep soundly cradled in its massive jaws. Creator Kendra Phillips calls it the ChumBuddy. [via inspire me now] More: Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Sleeping Bag Suit
From Trashbear Labs. Arduino-controlled, incorporating a whopping eighty-one tubes. More details available in a follow-up post here. [via Hack a Day]
Dan Royer of Vancouver, BC, built this 2-foot hexapod robot out of lasercut parts, a displayduino and eighteen servos. I built an open source, arduino-based, bluetooth hexapod robot. I currently drive it from my PC simulator (also open source). I’m trying to figure out how to drive it with Android phones, iPhones, PS3 remotes, and […]
The latest project from Molly’s Sketchbook over at the Purl Bee is this functional and stylish dopp kitt. It’s a perfect way to add a little style and flair to typically boring travel toiletry cases.
      Incredible personal video tour of the International Space Station with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke (January 2009). If you can’t view the OGG file, it’s on YouTube as well… More: See the Space station! Origami spaceplane to launch from space station
