ChArLeS from Cambridge, MA, wrote in to share this awesome hall lighting setup consisting of 1,600 LEDs: Here’s yet another random electroninjutsu project from MIT undergrads. Several years ago, First East hall at MIT built the famous LED Disco Dance Floor over one week during our January Independent Activities month. Now, in the course of […]
By Doreen D. Carlson What can we do with leftover homemade chicken noodle soup, beef stew, turkey, or deli meat that is one or two days past expiration? Do you throw away organ meats bagged inside whole poultry? And how can you prevent the garbage disposal and septic system digesting your food dollars?
Delicious, trend-setting Sous Vide cooking entails food that’s vacuum-sealed in plastic pouches and then immersed in a precisely controlled hot water bath to achieve optimal doneness. We were talking about it last year on the Makezine.com blog and now we show you how to make your own Sous Vide cooker in the new issue of […]
Handmade and for sale by British eBay seller kidsrusje, with three days to go as of this writing. [via Boing Boing]
When I saw this post on Apartment Therapy yesterday, I was blown away. Edgaroso transformed a dingy kitchen into a light and airy space for just a few hundred dollars. I wonder if he would come visit my kitchen in Michigan…
Get acquainted with the Digital Multimeter – an engineer’s best friend! The ability to test resistance, voltage, current & continuity are vital to any electronics maker – even the freshest of newbies. In fact, having a reliable multimeter on hand is a huge help when learning the basics. Even before understanding what each value means, […]
Love this great upcycle project from our friends over at RePlayGround. This room divider is made up of more than one thousand plastic film canisters. The canisters are strung together with elastic giving it flexibility to be rolled up when not in use and when shipped. The rolling action resembles how a roll of film […]
