Houses woven out of trees
MIT architect Mitchell Joachim has proposed a living house, based on an ancient gardening method known as pleaching, which involves weaving together tree branches to form living archways, lattices, or screens – [via] Link.
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Mac Mini inside a NES
Brent writes – “Well, someone had to do it! The Mac Mini NES was an idea born out necessity, and a love of the hardware modification arts. Necessity because I owned an internal DVD writer for my previous PC and, with the switch to an Apple PC, I was left to use an IDE to […]
HOW TO – Test Bipolar transistors if you have an analog multimeter
Glenn writes – “We know how a transistor works but some of us doesn’t really know how to test the component itself. Nowadays, most Digital Multimeters have sockets provided to test them, but what will you do if you have those old Analog/Needletype ones? This is a simple way to do it…” Link.
The DIY exercise office
Mike writes – “My boss bought a treadmill for his office, and built a table on top of it to use as a desk. Now he spends his entire workday walking about half a mile an hour. He’s hoping to be in shape by spring. Thanks Ian! – Link.
HOW TO – Make a snow light
Chris writes – “Build it during the day and light it as soon as it gets dark. This how-to will take you through the collecting of the neccessary items (candle, paper and snow) and the assembly of the product step-by-step (e.g. make the snow balls)” Link.
Wearable prototype for sale
Vitorio Miliano, of “Record Your Entire Day” is selling his prototype wearable, igargoyle has the details – Link.
DIY Hoverboard: Walk-through
Jason Bradbury posted up more details on his DIY hoverboard. We like Jason, he’s a UK TV presenter / Maker who builds gizmos and gadgets – the world’s first Bluetooth phone glove, $1 electronic lie detector, an in-car HUD, wearable PC, DIY PVRs and this hoverboard – lots to check out and see on his […]