Crazed “Tesla turbine” maker MrfixItRich is at it again. Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner, he demos his water-powered Tesla turbine salad spinner. SinkScience 04 – Tesla CD Turbine-Powered Salad Spinner – Link Related: Tesla turbine from a CD disc pack – Link
Here’s a better set of photos of Dorkbot Japan from Fumi – Link.
Bonnie points us to these fab Star Wars crochet and knitting charts by Leah Fenton. You’ll find charts of everything from the Death Star to your favorite droids. Link.
MD5, the cryptographic hash function that’s often used to verify that files have not been tampered with, has been broken for a couple of years now. A lot of times when you hear about some algorithm being compromised, it’s not something that’s immediately practical to exploit… an encryption algorithm’s effective strength is reduced by a […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Millennium Falcon Cat Bed – Link. Thanksgiving Cooking Roundup – Link. HOW TO – Design Your Own Font – Link. Pixel Pimpin’ Aint Easy – Link. Knit Chicken Viking Hat Pattern – Link.
Lisa at U-Handblog shows you how to make a quick and easy origami gift box. Link.
We Make Money Not Art has photos and coverage from last night Dorkbot Swiss Tokyo, special thanks to all the makers who ventured out and the of the organizers – it was a great event! Link.
