$100 Rebreather
Pat Rose built a $100 rebreather – it scrubs the air you breath out, and also adds oxygen in so you can breath back in [via] – Link. Related: What is a “Rebreather”? – Link.
DIY Projects
The iPod Book!
DoctaBu writes in with another iPod book-case – “A nice little case I made for my iPod using the book A Handbook of Theological Terms by Van A. Harvey. The top part of the book is held together thanks to a couple slits in it filled with tacky glue. The bottom is cut out as […]
Building an Underwater ROV…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 writes – “For this project, we are using the text Build Your Own Underwater Robot. The clicker idea is pretty solid, and the pvc is easy to work with. The pvc seemed like enough when I got it, but it went incredibly fast. In less than a week, most […]
HOW TO – Make a diving depth gauge out of a syringe
Aleksi writes – “Make a simple depth gauge for freediving out of a syringe. This is also an experiment with Boyle’s law which states that the product of the pressure and the volume of an ideal gas is constant.” – Link.
HOW TO – Make a wire holder
Joe writes – “Need a place to hold your spools of wire? Tired of the spools rolling off your desk? Here you go, and if you need to, you can use it as a paper towel holder…” – Link.
HOW TO – Make a portable, foldable wheelchair ramp
Radiorental writes – “Here’s a design for a light weight portable wheelchair ramp I made for the tulgeywood.us camp. Requirements: able to transport it out to the island of Nantucket, put in to place for wheelchair accessability and store when we’re not there. This project might be useful to anyone who has a friend/loved one […]
Homemade Robo-One
Ignacio writes – “After drawling over those japanese robo-one bipeds I decided to make my own. Tried to use cheap and easy to find materails. Certainly more fun than buying a ready made kit.” – Link.