If you’re a maker just starting out your journey in sustainability, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to get started. From understanding the types of materials to utilize, learning what steps will help reduce waste and emissions, and finding inspiring new ways to explore creativity that don’t have a negative environmental impact. The good news is there are plenty of resources available for DIYers looking for ways to make their projects more sustainable – from simple switches you can make today, big-picture ideas for longterm change, or exciting new ways makers are helping push sustainability into the future. In these blog posts we’ll look at tips tricks and ideas specifically tailored towards diyers and makers on the road to creating projects with greater eco consciousness so that not only will you create something beautiful but also respect its impact on our planet!
Joelsprayberry iPod mount Instructable for his Honda Element – “I had been lookin online for ideas on the cleanest way to mount an ipod that wasn’t in the way, with wires everywhere and was not cumbersome to use or to see. I got a ipod mount for a bicycle handlebarfrom gpscity.com and modified it to fit.” Link.
There are a lot of homemade versions of this lately, but here’s a really cool way to pilot your RC chopper – “HeliHobby’s True Vision is a state of the art device which includes a high quality sub-micro camera, sub-micro transmitter ( 2.4GHZ ), base receiver and coupled with EyeTops’s high resolution LCD Eyewear to give you the only True Vision when flying any size R/C Helicopter. True Vision is the only system which will allow you to fly your R/C Machine in first person view as well as third person virew simultaneously.” [via] Link.
Hey Makers – Any large format printing, vehicle wrappers interested in working on a MAKE magazine project with Mister Jalopy? He is looking for a local Los Angeles company to partner with for a MAKE article about wrapping a car. Super exposure and a co-writing credit! Drop Mister Jalopy an email at misterjalopy@gmail.com
We’ve seen a Harley PC case mod, but we’re wondering if there are Makers out there that are also Harley-Davidson owners, modders, and hacker. If so, let us know – post in the comments! Link.
Seth’s Atari meets Xbox 360 mod on Informit.com “The Xbox 360 represents a significant step forward in gaming and home media integration. The Atari 2600 was major step in gaming and home entertainment, so it seems appropriate that Seth Fogie modded his Xbox 360 to fit inside a 2600 case to create the Atari-Xbox 3600. This article shows you how he did it.” [via] Link.
Janos’s awesome case mod! “I already had a powerful computer setup so I wanted something more quiet, small and low power consumptioning to function as a basic home server. I love to tinker with hardware etc. so I wanted to make something quite unique for a case. I have seen many nice and creative cases before but none of them were made out of a bottle. In November I bought an industrial 3.5″ SBC board (with Socket370). For the project I selected a 1.5 litre Ballantine’s bottle for case. That was the proper size and shape for the task at hand.” [via] Link.
Today is the drive from San Francisco from Seattle, as this happens I’ll upload photos every hour or so via a Kodak Wifi camera, an EVDO connection and a my own little wifi network. If you happen to need wireless and will be on I-5 for the next 13 hours, let me know – the network will be up and running the whole time :-] Here is the Flickr photo set if you want to tune in…Link. I would geo tag them, but you can’t use them with google maps/earth for now… I’m sure any day now Flickr is going to do geotagging with Yahoo maps since they have the super talented Dan from Geobloggers…
