Lifehacker has a nice 2010 round-up of photo hacks, tips, and tricks. The one for the above image: If you like the analog look that people are getting with fun apps like Instagram, you can get that through-the-viewfinder border effect with as little as a cardboard tube. Most Popular Photography Tips, Tricks, and Hacks of […]
We’ve posted about Jared Bouck’s algae bioreactors in the past, but he’s redone the project and made improvements. Here he explains his long-term goal for the project: Our goal is to place algae bio reactors in many homes in a neighborhood, to both raise awareness of the potential of algae and start a harvesting and […]
Why the other line is likely to move faster… Bill reveals how “queueing theory” – developed by engineers to route phone calls – can be used to find the most efficient arrangement of cashiers and check out lines. He reports on the work of Agner Erlang, a Danish engineer who, at the opening of the […]
If you’re like me, you’re still figuring out the menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I’ve collected all our delicious Holiday recipes all here in one place, including some wonderful dishes we featured last month for Thanksgiving that are gluten-free. You can also browse through our CRAFT recipes archive for more cooking inspiration. Main-Course […]
Instructables user polymythic is working on a simple haptic feedback device, called Project HALO, which will allow the wearer to ‘feel’ the environment around it using vibration feedback
Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: Canberra circuit bender and MAKE author Brian McNamara‘s cool noisemaker. This unit makes a huge range of strange noises. You start by setting the controls on the top of the unit, this sets up a sweep on the LEDS, by moving the LEDs around the light sensors a basic […]
This seems pretty amazing- Mr.Kim and John Sarik used a 3d printer configured as a plotter to print their own transistors.
