$50 paint job
Here’s how to paint a car for $50 using Rustoleum and foam rollers… – [via] Link.
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!
Cooking hot dogs via electrocution
This isn’t one we suggest trying out, but it is interesting to read — how to cook hot dogs via electrocution… – Link.
HOW TO – Tell Temperature with Crickets
The always-entertaining Robert Krulwich had a fun segment on ABC World News Monday night about using cricket chirps to calculate temperature. Apparently, as male crickets heat up, they chirp more rapidly. By counting the chirps, especially of one species, the Snowy Tree Cricket (Oecanthus fultoni), you can get a fairly accurate temperature. Here’s how: Find […]
HOW TO – Turn Cereal Boxes into Gift Boxes
Eco-artware.com has a great way to make your own gift boxes by using your old cereal boxes, complete with downloadable PDF pattern. Link.
Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
Convert plastics back to oil using microwaves… – A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and – hey presto! – a mix of materials that […]
Jet powered Sinclair C5
Pleiadean Media has a ton of jet powered projects, here’s a jet powered Sinclair C5 – [via] Link.
Recycled Pot Rack – made from a bike wheel
Sandor writes – We built this piece out of an old bike wheel. The wheel came off of GT full suspension bike that I broke. The whole project cost around $15 from HomeDepot. There is one bolt that goes through the hub, and a coupling that links that to a bolt that is half metal […]