A team at Stanford University has produced batteries and basic capacitors using textiles and nanoparticle-infused ink. The team had previously developed paper batteries and supercapacitors using a similar process, but the new energy textiles exhibited some clear advantages over their paper predecessors. With a reported energy density of 20 Watt-hours per kilogram, a piece of […]
The A Little Yumminess blog has a mouthwatering recipe for Coconut Mango Pancakes. That actually sounds like a whole lot of yumminess to me! Simran, the author, suggests serving them with honey or syrup, or alternately as dessert with ice cream and fresh chopped mangoes. Think I might have to have pancakes for dinner!
No, it’s not a comic-book sound effect! Igaaks are a modern version of traditional Inuit snow goggles (Wikipedia), lovingly handcrafted by Paul Celmer of Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, in a range of contemporary materials and finishes. Like their arctic forebears, Igaaks help prevent snow-blindness and improve the focus of distant objects, whether you’re at the pole or on the playa.
We sent out the third edition of our Make: Robot Build Newsletter today. Things are starting to heat up. Folks are already coming up with some cool ideas for the designs, such as experimenting with thermoforming the CD/DVD material to make various shapes for their robots. Visits the Robot Build area of the Forums to […]
I happen to really like eating Peeps, so this how-to on turning them in to sushi-style snacks from Serious Eats is appealing to me. If you aren’t a Peeps fan, you’ll still like the tutorial. There’s a little … er … Peep beheading action going on. Thanks, Kris!
Top 10 Make: Online posts from DIY Movie Making Month
Instructables user PurlingSprite shows us how to cast on a knitting loom in her throrough tutorial. If you missed it, we did a whole loom-along with the Knifty Knitter to make wrist warmers like those seen in Twilight
