Heirloom Technology — Handy Tricks from Guatemala 08/25/2008 With 3,000-plus years of maize cultivation, Guatemalans have come up with some ingenious tricks and tools.
My Homebrew 3D Scanner 05/27/2008 3D scanners are not as common as 3D printers, which is strange because you can build one in a few...
Heirloom Technology — All-Purpose Swahili Bed 03/04/2008 In Kenya, the most common and most useful piece of furniture is the rot- and bedbug-resistant Swahili bed.
The Widowmaker: Cutting Down a Tree 11/20/2007 Screw your courage to the sticking place ... —William Shakespeare
Cooking with Trash 08/28/2007 Known for their ingenious reusing and wasting not, the Chinese make very effective cooking fuel briquettes from waste cellulose and...
Heirloom Technology — Tire Sandals 05/29/2007 Solve multiple global problems at once when you make your own sandals from an old tire.
Heirloom Technology — Charlie Asquith’s Jet Dory 11/20/2006 Charlie is 78 years old and he’s been fishing for mullet in Hawks Nest, Australia, for over 60 years.
Heirloom Technology — Shopping Cart Chair 08/21/2006 Turn a shopping cart into a comfortable and stylish wheelchair.
Heirloom Technology — Totch Brown’s Pit Pan Gator Boat 05/22/2006 Start your boat-building hobby by building this one.
Heirloom Technology — Jackhammer Headphones 02/01/2006 And a discourse on blind men, chipmunks, whales, and the future.