A few weeks ago, I shared some of the cool steampunk ornaments Jen of EPBOT had for her tree. She’s now shared a full rundown of her awesome steampunk-themed tree, complete with an Edison bulb topper, over on her blog. She’s also included some basic how-tos for some of the elements. I love how she […]
“Sony invited children to put paper into a mixture of water and enzymes, shake it up and wait for a few minutes to see the liquid become a source of electricity, powering a small fan.”
Want to send secret messages over long distance but are wary of your communiqué being intercepted? After all transmissions can be listened to with the right equipment, and you don’t want to run entire spools of wire to say, “Hello world.” I know, how about a Simple Laser Communicator!
This triangular treehouse was assembled in the Catskills over two weekends, and stands as one of the larger projects Deek’s tackled for the show. His only given parameters for the design: “It must receive a good deal of natural light, and have enough space to sleep two (floor space)”.
Make some beautiful and inexpensive gift wrap using the plain side of an old brown paper bag and paint chip samples. Denise at d.Sharp Journal posted about this: you just need a couple round hole punches in different sizes. The colors – all shades of the same hue – will harmonize nicely, because they’re all […]
I’m no battery expert, but in tracking science and tech sites this year, there seemed to be more promising developments in the field than in previous years. Let’s hope so. Here are a few of the recent headlines that caught my attention on Science Daily
I’m a huge drawbot fan, but Eske Rex’s Drawing Machine surprised me by not being powered by motors. Instead, it uses the pendulum-like motions of two big concrete weights, creating super Spirograph style art. Sweet! [Via The Donut Project]
