If you take two empty cans, one closed on the bottom and the other open (i.e. a tube), and turn them upside down, which will be harder to push into a bucket of sand? If, reasoning by analogy to liquids, you (like most people), said the closed oneโฆwell, you can sort of guess where this is heading: A closed can is, in fact, easier to push into a bed of sand than an open tube. Given the usual fine print. Adrian Cho explains over at ScienceNOW:
Michelle Engel Bencsko of Cloud 9 Fabrics shares her quick and easy tutorial for whipping up a fabric shade for a GRรNร IKEA Lamp. It’s a project that can be completed in about half an hour, so you can easily change out the shade with your mood or the season. Related: How-To: IKEA Grรถnรถ Lamp […]
The UC Berkeley Art Museum is hosting what looks like a super fun workshop this Friday.
Josh Smith of Pennsylvania built this tow rope with a friend. This project started as an innocent โoh, I have an engineโ comment and has turned into a really awesome project. I first blogged about it here but decided it needed a permanent home. The winch is now fully operational and worked well during our […]
Because who doesn’t want a baby head sitting on their desk, right? Get the how-to, including an interesting technique for creating an antique effect with spray paint and water, over on Mark Montano’s blog.
In this video clip, artist Bjรถrk demonstrates how to take apart a television, and explains why you shouldn’t trust poets to explain electronics to you. [via The Amp Hour] More: Make: Online ยป Felt test pattern TV cover Make: Online ยป How-To: Solar TV remote Make: Online ยป Slick TV-B-Gone build Make: Online ยป TV […]
Day 343: The Ultimate Bubble-Maker (And see the follow-up: Day 353: Big Bubble Fail) We’ve covered the inspiring work of Charlie Visnic a number times before. We love the projects that he does and the motivation behind them. Here, let’s let Charlie explain: I have been doing one creative thing a day for almost an […]
