Skateboards for schools!
Javier writes “Cool idea for enabling kids to actually make something usable in shop class: from the website: “The fact is, kids have always wanted to make skateboard decks in their woodshop classes but teachers and students never knew how to put the concave shapes and turned up nose and tail in the wood. Decks cut out of plywood and pine stock just don’t work! And where do you drill for correct wheel placement in order to get proper flex and balance? Well, Skateboardsforschools.com has taken care of all of that for you!” [via]. Link.
Here are two great how-tos from the Sony mini disc forums “How to build a high quality stereo / binaural miniature microphone Required parts: – 2 omnidirectional miniature electret microphone capsules (get the best ones you can find / afford – your selection will have a major influence on the sound quality) – 3.5 mm stereo connector with cable, preferrably shielded – a few inches of heat shrinkable tubing, slightly larger diameter than the capsules” 
Time to dust off the PSP, play all the applications you make or download from homebrew sites…“PSP Updates forum moderator and hacker guru Fanjita has completed his first release of a new loader for 2.01+ PSP’s called eLoader. While 2.60 is not currently supported, this is a major accomplishment in unleashing homebrew on all systems. This amazing feat shows how frightfully resourceful developers can be when put against certain system restraints. This leap has indisputably opened the door to homebrew for PSP gamers who play on newer firmware.” 
Ben writes “A few weeks ago I replaced my failed lighter outlet in the ashtray/cupholder region of my 1994 Lexus ES300 with a new DIY plywood one. The new cover has a mount for my Sirius satellite radio and a new lighter outlet. I tried to keep the production quality as high as possible while keeping costs down.” 
Here’s how to make an wooden lung, from a 1952 Popular Mechanics: “Could a life have been saved in your community if a mechanical respirator had been at hand for immediate use? Often just a matter of minutes means the difference between life or death for a little child stricken with polio, or a victim of drowning or a paralyzing accident. Here’s a chance for every community to be ready at little expense for such emergencies. Members of clubs and civic organizations can do a great service by making one of these respirators and placing it in competent hands. Save a life — maybe your own.” Thanks Charlie! 
Great project from Jed and Nikhil (