Thomas Wiltherspoon is the director of Ears to Our World, a charitable organization bringing access to information via self-powered shortwave radio to the third world, and he’s looking for help from makers like you: I’ve always wanted to give our radios directly to children, but reality is, these kids live in some very impoverished areas […]
Instructables user Jayefuu writes: After seeing a picture of some similar ninjabread men cutters by Fred & Friends on epicwinftw.com I HAD to have some. Not being one to just buy something, I thought I’d have a go at making my own using strips of 0.5mm stainless steel and a jig to bend it around. […]
I like this idea from Ottawan Craig Reyenga, who bolted a nice leather car seat from a junkyard Volvo that he picked up for $15 into a rolling base to make his own computer chair.
The transformation of pencil-to-bug is so complete in Scott Bedford’s latest post on What I Made that my brain has a hard time acknowledging that these creepy crawlies were No. 2 test takers in a previous life. Scott shares his cool illustrated instructions for making this worm, caterpillar and two other bugs over on his […]
Check out this fantastic life-sized robotic RIC Android from RT Corporation and Brilliant Service. The arms and head are controllable, walks on two legs, and can be controlled via an Android smartphone.
Have you always wanted to monitor your brains signals, but didn’t have the money or expertise for an expensive setup? I caught up yesterday with Jacob Shiach about the Arduino EEG Project, which I first heard at the Open Science Summit in Berkeley, CA back in July. Here’s what Jacob had to say: From an […]
You know how we’re always lamenting how lame science kits have become, as hyperactive safety concerns overwhelm common sense and individual responsibility? It may get worse. See the grade school bio sciences kit above, with little more than table salt, vinegar, potting soil, plastic tools, and binder clips? If a new safety ruling takes affect, […]
