Fabric Bucket Tutorial
Stacey points us to these adorable and handy fabric baskets which are perfect to hold all your craft supplies. Check out this great tutorial by Jodie at Ric-Rac.Link.
Month: September 2007
HOW TO – Make a RFID pet food access control system
Mlarsen writes – In this instructable I will explain how to make a simple RFID pet food access control system. This system uses a stand-alone RFID system that can be purchased either pre-assembled or in kit form if you desire to do the soldering yourself, and also wish to save a few dollars in the […]
Magnetic levitation mystery
The latest Gadget Freak has a bit of a mystery to solve – Nathan Loden’s Magnetic Levitation experiment started with the basic problem of stabilizing a frictionless position control loop with inherent metastability. A fast controller with phase-lead compensation took care of that. Then he discovered a strange phenomenon: The levitated object begins and continues […]
HOW TO – Measure the drag coefficient of your car
iwilltry writes – The purpose of this experiment is to determine your vehicle’s drag coefficient Cd and coefficient of rolling resistance Crr. This is done by measuring your vehicle’s speed as a function of time while coasting in neutral. Why would you want to know Cd and Crr for your vehilce? Well, suppose you’re interested […]
Back to school giveaway – POCKET REF!! (Winner #2)
Here’s our latest winner in our back to school Pocket Ref giveaway, “technofrog” posted – August 30, 2007 at 1:55 PM. Send us an email! When i was about 4, i decided that i wanted to be an inventor when i grew up. My first invention was to take every piece of yarn from around […]
HOW TO – Vinyl record table lamp
Here’s a pretty simple how-to on making a lamp from an old vinyl record – Link. Related: Vinyl record fruit bowl – Link. DIY Dali vinyl record clock – Link. Glasses made from vinyl records – Link. HOW TO – Copy a vinyl record – Link.
The secret life of gold
Octopart on “The Secret Life Of Gold”… Harish writes – Gold is an oft coveted material. Countries have been conquered in pursuit of gold, and men have been browbeaten to buy jewelry constructed from it. To the technically minded, however, gold is more than currency, more than a neckalace to show off to your friends. […]