HOW TO- Re-surfacing CDs so they work again
Germanpickle writes – “A simple way to remove scratches from a cd so you can get your data back off the disc again.” – Link. I’ve seen this tip before and it seems to work.
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Cylinder preservation and digitization project
Listen to recordings from the early 1900’s – “Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike. […]
HOW TO – Build an Airbus A380 in about 7 minutes
Iteki writes – “How to make an Airbus in seven minutes. A little outside the scope of most of our home projects, but a great production how-to none the less.” – Link.
The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge – Top 25 Inventions of 2006 (part V)
The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge named the top 25 Inventions of 2006 and we have some pictures! This is part V, that’s it! Sean G. Westcott, Engineer, Eugene, OR. Solar-Powered Bus Stop Light: The Solar-Powered Bus Stop Light allows a waiting passenger who sees an approaching bus to press a button located on the […]
Things that are in danger of vanishing – exhibit
This looks like a wonderful (and depressing) exhibit at the Nanzuka Art Gallery in Tokyo, March 24 till April 9 – “A ban of selling many of the electric appliances that were produced and sold before 2001 will start on the 1st of April, 2006. It is because of the Electric Appliance & Materials Law […]
Plastic you can mold in your home for DIY projects
Mike writes – “For those who don’t know, Shapelock is a polymer (plastic) similar to polypropylene except that it has a very low temperature softening point. The idea is that you heat some water to around 160 degrees F and dump some of the pellets into the water to soften them to a moldable state. […]
DIY Transparent giraffe’s and more how-tos at the Wooster collective
Marc writes – “One of the things we love most about doing the Wooster Collective website is that we are contantly learning new things from it. We know from the emails that we receive that people come back to the site each not only to get inspired, but also to learn new things. Almost every […]