By Vanessa Coppola From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted a woodland creature nursery for my baby. I wanted to instill a love for nature and animals in my child from the very beginning, and thought this would be a great start. From the birch tree decals on the […]
Not something you’ll see at CES :) This is really cool, lots of people will be able to quickly crank out shields on site for the Arduinos at workshops and/or at home.
Via HaD: Rainbows are revered as religious signs, the subject of ancient poems, adopted by social movements, formally described through science, and spread through memes. The fascination with rainbows is endless, transcends human categories, and embodies intense positivity. We created the Rainbow Machine to share our joy of light art. We set the machine up […]
This time around on Tiny Yellow House, I decided to mess around with passive solar heat so as to warm the always-cold front foyer of my home. The result: a smallish, closeable, passive solar collector that fits into a window opening. Its not rocket science (and it NEVER will be here on Tiny Yellow House) but it does work- even in January, in New England.
These fun rings from How Did You Make This are a great way to get started in beading without having to commit to a large project. The detailed step-by-step pictures make the process easy to follow!
Uwe Oehler has written a simple program that prints out fold-up paper templates for the conic sections that make up the reflective surface of a Fresnel mirror. Cut the templates out of cardboard, cover the cardboard with aluminum tape, fold up the sections, and apply them to a flat backing. Even the relatively simple, five ring, 59% coverage reflector shown in the video will burn holes in construction paper under modest sunlight.
Fair warning to anyone trying to stick to a New Year’s diet: With only two ingredients and a 20 minute prep time, this cookies and cream oreo bark recipe from Naomi at Bakers Royale might be more than a little bit dangerous. Doesn’t this photo make you want to drop everything and mix up a […]
