This week at Treehugger: We dig into to our archives and find some hidden DIY gems. A chair made completely from recycled rulers. Converting your car to harness the power of cooking grease. And, grow a DIY hydroponic garden. Recycled Red Ruler Chair Who knew rulers could be so cool? Dorothy Spencer uses more red […]
This week at Treehugger -Learn how to build your own wind-powered generator. Finding new life for dead fluorescents. And, how to build your own lightweight camping stove. DIY Wind Power TreeHugger reader and former DIY Eco-Tech Contestant (which was sponsored by MAKE) Ben Jandrell is sharing his technical prowess with the world. His new venture, […]
MAKE pal Amal Graafstra’s book RFID toys is shipping! The book covers how to build RFID enabled projects and solutions and touches briefly on what others are doing with RFID, including implantable RFID tags. Link to book – our previous interview, and as a special treat, Amal sent us some photos of his recent RFID […]
MAKE pal Robert Hall has a lot of photos, videos and a write up write out of the first ever MAKE Philly meeting! – “Harris and David had put together a great idea – a Makers challenge, just like the monthly challenges in Make Magazine, you are given a scenario and a parts list and […]
This week at Treehugger: A great reuse for your contact lens cases. Make a fruit bowl out of leftover chopsticks. And, we show you where to get tips for vintage goods through the blogosphere.
CONTEST + DIGG: We now have a contest, we worked with Digg and we’re going to test out delivering the latest news and top stories from them – Click here to add the MAKEbot to your buddy list. Then type subscribe digg 1 or subscribe diggall 1 to get the latest/top stories from Digg every hour (1 is the number of hours, you can change that. You can also just type digg or diggall at any time). We will randomly pick a user of the MAKEbot and give away a high speed flash photography kit, T-Shirts, a year of MAKE and our new book, The Makers (all found here). So add the MAKEbot and start Digging to win!
Sean writes in with the weekly update on what’s going on at Treehugger – “a look at a bicycle-themed film festival. A site with DIY projects for everyone from beginners to pros. And, sailing the Atlantic in a DIY boat.”
