The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Nathan writes – “Working feverishly at the 2006 Carrier Convention I built a functioning replica of Carrier’s newest air conditioner, complete with the compressor, valves and working fan. It took every hour of both days of the convention, but in the end I was happy with the result. And with that spinning fan, wow, what […]
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.
Vitorio Miliano, of “Record Your Entire Day” is selling his prototype wearable, igargoyle has the details – Link.
Clarke writes – “‘Kon-Tiki’ a huge scouting event in South Africa inspired by Thor Heyerdhal’s 1947 adventure aboard a reed raft demonstrating that ancient people could have sailed from South America to Polynesia. Troops build rafts that must stay afloat for 24 hours using their pioneering skills (ropes, poles and oil drums; no nails or […]
Homebrew action is hitting hard today, PepsiMan has a DS browser, he writes – “I didn’t think we’d ever get a web browser running in DSLinux, but I was proved wrong when phestar compiled retawq for DSLinux. DSLinux has beaten Nintendo/Opera by releasing the first web browser for the DS.” [via] Link.
Here’s a PC case mod made from an old NES! Lots of details if you want to build your own, from the Maker John – “I began the project by dismantling my NES. I removed all the internal components and, after a moment of silent reflection, eighty-sixed all but the plastic shell, power buttons, and […]
Oliver, Sean & David have an awesome Roomba project – a Roomba Discovery carrying a wireless router being remotely controlled via a gamepad, they’re going to post some tutorials and code soon, so for now enjoy the videos and photos – Link. More images in their Roomba Gallery – Link. See previous Roomba projects and […]
