Reusing old optical disc spindles for cable storage
Clever idea from reddit user Crath. Unfortunately, I think most of us are likely to have many more cables than empty CD/DVD-ROM spindles lying around. Still, me likey. [via Recyclart]
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Cake models geological strata
Flickr user Khol made a geological layers cake, inspired by Tim Babb’s “Geology” design on Threadless. It makes me think of the song “Dirt Made My Lunch.”
How-To: Stacking bins from tuna cans with cool improvised jig
My hat comes off for Instructables user calischs. You may have seen stacking metal lunchboxes like this before. They’re apparently called “Tiffin boxes” and have been around since the 19th century. What’s remarkable about this project is not so much the object itself as the awesome improvised tool calischs came up with to make it, […]
Laser cutting circuit boards
Jean-Baptiste Labrune and his research group at MIT’s Tangible Media Group have been experimenting with using a laser cutter to turn ordinary materials into printed circuit boards (PCBs)
How-To: Make beach glass in a cement mixer
Rich Faulhaber wanted enough sand-polished “beach glass” or “sea glass” (Wikipedia) to cover a walkway, and didn’t want to spend the rest of his life combing beaches for it. So he figured out how to make his own knock-off version. [via Boing Boing]
Math Monday: Scroll Saw Fractals
Use a scroll saw to make a family of complex, cube-based fractals.
Green Project Contest — The winners!
We were thrilled by the response we got to our Green Project Contest, part of GE’s ecomagination. We ended up with 83 projects posted, 6634 votes, and many tweets and FB shares. There were a lot of really interesting, innovative, and fun entries, from re-webbing aluminum lawn chair frames with old belts, to a building […]
