Stacked can art
Gallery of stacked can art – He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans! [via] – Link.
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Rubik’s Sudoku
Coolhunting points to two places you can buy a Rubik’s Sudoku – Link. I’ve been playing this on the Nintendo DS (Brain age) and I’m pretty addicted to it. From Wikipedia: What is Sudoku? Also known as Number Place, is a logic-based placement puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numerical digit […]
TomCat – DIY Aibo?
Sony killed off the Aibo, but if you’re really hard up for some (headless) robot pet action, the TomCat looks pretty interesting – “TomCat is a research quality, quadruped robot that is moves at a speed of two body lengths per second.” [via] – Link. Related: QRIO and AIBO, the memories (huge photo gallery) – […]
Water rocket powered cars
This rules – “The problem with water rockets is that you need acres of space to launch them without risk of losing them. It’s hard to restrain yourself when friends come over and do “just a little launch” in front of your house to show them how it works. Inevitably you launch again, increasing the […]
HOW TO – Easter Eggs dyed with onion skins
Rick writes – “Boiling eggs that have been wrapped snugly in onion skins, produces beautifully patterned Easter eggs. I never really cared for the usual colourful Easter eggs most people make. They’re too gaudy for my taste. I don’t like the mess involved with making them and I don’t like using all that food colouring. […]
Total Solar Eclipse: Live from Turkey in 2006 & the virtual world
Tonight there is a total solar eclipse 2am PST 03/29/05 in Turkey – here are the ways to watch it — Exploratorium – watch live streaming video – “A total solar eclipse will occur when the new moon moves directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s shadow will fall on the eastern tip […]
Science Olympiad
Dale writes – “On a visit to my parents in Louisville, KY, I visited a regional state competition for the Science Olympiad where my nephew, Chase Carlson, competed and won in bridge building. His entry weighed 11.5 grams and held 32 lbs (just one pound short of the 33 lb maximum) before it broke. You […]