Team Phoenicia, a group of “tech-bend individuals” who are entering the Google Lunar X and Lunar Lander Challenges, and TechShop, are going to host a Nanosatellite Launcher Challenge Seminar on November 6th, 2010 at TechShop, Menlo Park at 1 PM. They’re still firming up the agenda. You can see a draft agenda here. Organizations that […]
I’m always ready to eat a fresh batch of cookies and always end up baking too much for my household to eat. (Either that or I end up gorging myself. You know what I’m talking about here.) Thankfully, Katie Goodman of Good Life Eats shows you how to properly freeze cookie dough. Then you can […]
The forthcoming issue of MAKE, Volume 24, is the DIY Space issue. It should be making its way to subscribers this week and will be on newsstands by Oct 26. It has all sorts of cool projects and articles related to do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others space exploration, from launching space balloons to building amateur satellites to […]
I love this Helix Chemica scanned from a 1944 edition of Hackh’s Chemical Dictionary. Besides the usual information about atomic structure and periodicity of properties, this variant on the familiar table displays the natural abundance of each element in living organisms, the sun, the sky, the ocean, and terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks.
Ok, this unique business card puts my plain-Jane business card to shame. And to think I thought my rounded corners were impressive! What kind of crafty business cards do you hold on to? Via Dwell on Twitter
CompySketch is a little doodling toy I made after I took the “Arduino and Processing ” class from O’Reilly Media. It’s like an etch-a-sketch, but its digital and you can save your drawings. It was a fun weekend project that got me some practice with the basics of getting Arduino to talk to Processing. If […]
By Cory Derenburger Over the years I’ve learned many techniques, shortcuts, and ways of improving the construction of styrofoam tombstones. Here’s how to make your own lightweight, sculptured, and professional-looking masterpieces guaranteed to add a creepy touch to your haunted house. Tools Caulking gun Dremel router attachment Dremel tool Fine sandpaper Hacksaw Paper mask and […]
