Ignite is going to be a great night of makers, geeks, scientists, and innovators hanging out at the Capitol Hill Arts Center in Seattle. The fun will start at 6:30 with a Make: Magazine sponsored bridge building competition. Using popsicle sticks and hot glue, each team will have 30 minutes to make a bridge. Then […]
My pal Nate True’s latest project is a lucid dreaming inducing machine! When I first started reading about lucid dreaming, I found that some companies had created expensive pieces of technology aimed at increasing your likelihood of having a lucid dream when you wear it to sleep. I wanted one, but at the price of […]
Nat writes – “Groovygreen has a tutorial on how you can grow your own Loofah sponges. I had no idea this was actually a veggie you can grow. Looks like a fun, easy gardening project too.” [via] – Link.
J A Ollinger sent in one of my favorites projects from Sci-Toys in, building a crystal radio out of household items – “Step-by-step instructions on how to build simple radios using common household goods. This is part of a larger section on building simple radios, but this page was particularly interesting (like how to make […]
Mr. Spatulaofdeath made the paper turkey! – Link
Here’s a project you don’t see every day…. a step by step of the construction of a pie with the topology of a sphere from 20 triangular modules attached with magnets, wow! – Link. Related: Liquid nitrogen ice cream – Link. Recirculating gravy fountain – Link. Interview with a food hacker – Link.
Ryan writes – “Inspired by MAKEer and flickr user apelad, I’ve created pdf versions of papercraft iPod covers. I put together a little script that automates the generation of the papercraft iPod covers complete with folding and cutlines for every iPod starting with the mini (for a total of 9). I plan to allow public […]
