Hanging Wooden Display Shelf
LOVING this DIY thermos display shelf by Design Sponge. As a vintage lover and collector, I have a few vintage thermoses that would look so sweet on one of these.
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Counter Intelligence: An Attempt to Keep Curious Cats at Bay
Steve Winter of Berkeley, CA designed Counter Intelligence to catch his cats trying to investigate the kitchen counter when he and his wife are not around. Steve used an Arduino Nano with a Maxbotix ultrasonic rangefinder to monitor the countertop. If the rangefinder senses something close by—say, a feline—it fires a toy gun that makes […]
Massimo Banzi and Tom Igoe From @arduinoteam on “Ask an engineer” Tonight!
Quick note! Massimo Banzi and Tom Igoe From @arduinoteam will be on “Ask an Engineer”. Stop by at 10pm ET and ask ALL your Arduino questions! I’ll be behind the camera helping out!
How Hard Can It Be? A New Maker Show
“How Hard Can It Be” is a new DIYer show on the National Geographic Channel this Sunday, October 2nd, at 8 pm. The show stars Vin Marshall, Paul Carson, and Eric Gocke as they create outlandish projects like the UP house, a homemade rocket, and a robo-sub. Check out the video, it looks awe-some!
How Humans Perceive Nonlinearity
In this vid, “mathemusician” Vi Hart and Sal Khan (of the amazing Khanacademy) discuss the difference between linear and logarithmic scales and human perception. I like their joking idea of a liner scaled piano where the keys would get fatter and fatter as you moved up the scale.
Coffee and Banana Pie
Coffee and banana … I’ve never thought about combining the two, but now that I think about it, it sounds interesting and potentially quite delicious. This Coffee and Banana Pie from Sherlly at Ecualombian looks yummy! One thing that Colombians are proud of is having the best coffee in the world. Yes, best in the […]
Make: Projects – Hinge-Technique Acrylic Box Construction Using a Router
Recently, I posted about German firm Serrox Technischer Handel’s video showing an interesting alternative to the basic slab-joint method for building an acrylic box. Their technique, which involves cutting 90-degree V-grooves almost all the way through the plastic, has much to recommend it over the slab-joint method, with the exception that they use a very expensive custom V-shaped sawblade to cut the grooves. I wondered, at the time, whether it might not work just or almost as well with a cheap 90-degree V-groove router bit, and with some encouragement from Angus Hines, I decided to try it, myself.
